Makiyama Station | |
Native Name: | 牧山駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | Shimomaki Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken 701-2143 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 34.7409°N 133.9608°W |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Distance: | 11.4km (07.1miles) from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 29 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Okayama Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Makiyama Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the Takebe-chō neighborhood of Kita-ku of the city of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Makiyama Station is served by the Tsuyama Line, and is located 11.4 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at .
The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The platform is narrow because the station is located along a cliff. Platform 2 is adjacent to the station building, which is little more than a waiting room. All trains normally use Platform 2 in both directions, unless trains moving in opposite directions are passing. The station is unattended.
Makiyama Station opened on October 10, 1912. 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.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 29 passengers daily.[2]