Nakashō Station | |
Native Name: | 中庄駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | Toba 35, Kurashiki-shi, Okayama-ken 710-0012 |
Country: | Japan |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Distance: | 154.6km (96.1miles) from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platforms |
Status: | Staffed |
Passengers: | 7952 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Okayama Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Nakashō Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Nakashō Station is served by the San'yō Main Line, and is located 154.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at and 11.2 kilometers from . It is also served by trains of the Hakubi Line, which continue past the nominal terminus of that line at to terminate at Okayama.
The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected by an elevated station building. The station is unattended. The outer wall of the station building is tiled in a similar color to the nearby Kawasaki Gakuen school building, and there is an artificial waterfall next to the stairs at the north exit.
Nakashō Station opened on March 11, 1930. 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 7952 passengers daily.[2]