Kamenokō Station | |
Native Name: | 亀甲駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 1757 Harada, Misaki-cho, Kume-gun, Okayama-ken 709-3717 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 34.9987°N 133.9591°W |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Distance: | 45.5km (28.3miles) from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Status: | Staffed |
Passengers: | 224 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Okayama Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Kamenokō Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the town of Misaki, Kume District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Kamenokō Station is served by the Tsuyama Line, and is located 49.1 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at .
The station consists of two opposed ground-level side platforms connected by a footbridge. The wooden station building is located adjacent to Platform 1, which is the main platform and serves trains in both directions. The station is staffed. The octagonal station building as a turtle motif, with a turtle head installed on the roof, and clocks in the place of eyes. In addition to the waiting room, there are restaurants and a library in the station building.
Kamenokō Station opened on December 21, 1898. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company The current station building was completed in 1995.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 224 passengers daily..[2]