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Coordinates: 34°41′6.48″N 133°55′38.95″E / 34.6851333°N 133.9274861°E

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Hōkaiin Station

法界院駅

Hōkaiin Station, April 2008

General information

Location

3-10 Gakunanchō, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken 700-0011
Japan

Coordinates

34°41′6.48″N 133°55′38.95″E / 34.6851333°N 133.9274861°E

Owned by

West Japan Railway Company

Operated by

West Japan Railway Company

Line(s)

T Tsuyama Line

Distance

2.3 km (1.4 miles) from Okayama

Platforms

1 island platforms

Connections

Bus stop

Other information

Status

Unstaffed

Website

Official website

History

Opened

10 June 1908; 116 years ago

Passengers

FY2019

1307 daily

Location
Hōkaiin Station Location within Okayama Prefecture Show map of Okayama Prefecture Hōkaiin Station Hōkaiin Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Hōkaiin Station (法界院駅, Hōkaiin-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Kita-ku of the city of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).^[1]

Lines

Hōkaiin Station is served by the Tsuyama Line, and is located 2.3 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Okayama.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge.The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ TTsuyama Line	for Fukuwatari and Tsuyama
2	■ T Tsuyama Line	for Okayama

Adjacent stations

«	Service
JR West Tsuyama Line
Okayama	Rapid Kotobuki	Nonokuchi
Okayama	Rapid	Kanagawa
Okayama	Local	Bizen-Hara

History

Hōkaiin Station opened on June 10, 1908 as a temporary stop and was upgraded to a full station on September 2 of the same year. 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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1307 passengers daily..^[2]

Surrounding area

The station is located in a dense residential area.

Okayama Municipal Mino Elementary School
Okayama Prefectural General Ground (City Light Stadium, Okayama Baseball Stadium, Momotaro Arena, Tsushima Ruins)
Okayama University Tsushima Campus/The Open University of Japan Okayama Study Center
Okayama Municipal Okakita Junior High School

References

^ Kawashima, Reizo (2012). 山陽・山陰ライン - 全線・全駅・全配線』5 鳥取・出雲・尾道エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 5 Tottori/Izumo/Onomichi Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.
^ Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020

External links

Media related to Hōkaiin Station at Wikimedia Commons

Hōkaiin Station Official Site

v t e Stations of the JR West Tsuyama Line
Okayama Hōkaiin Bizen-Hara Tamagashi Makiyama Nonokuchi Kanagawa Takebe Fukuwatari Kōme Yuge Tanjōji Obara Kamenokō Sarayama Tsuyamaguchi Tsuyama		T

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