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railway station located in 1-1 1-chōme, Achi,

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. All Sanyō Main Line and Hakubi Line express and limited express trains stop at this station. The Mizushima Coastal Railway

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is near the station.

History

*1891-04-25: Kurashiki Station opens as a station on the

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*1906-12-01: Kurashiki station is nationalized *1987-04-01:

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is privatized, and Kurashiki Station becomes a JR West station *Spring 2007: Automatic ticket gates will be installed and begin being used *Summer 2007: The

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card was scheduled to be accepted

Station building and platforms

Kurashiki Station features both

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- and island-style platform capable of handling several lines simultaneously. Each platform has an upper (上り) and lower end (下り) of the platform. Facilities located within the station building include the LeBlanc

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, the Hotel Kurashiki, the

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, and ATMs for Chugoku Bank and Tomato Bank.

Environs

South entrance

At the south entrance to Kurashiki Station is

, operated by Mizushima Coastal Railway as a station on the

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, which services the Uno and Honshibasan Lines (including the Seto Ōhashi Line) is accessible via a 22-minute bus ride operated by Shimotsui Electric Railway. * Ōhara Art Museum * Kurashiki Bikan Area *Kurashiki Station South Entrance

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*Kurashiki City Plaza East Building *Kurashiki City Plaza West Building **

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* Tenmaya department store **

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al savings ATM *Marunaka Kurashiki Station store (formerly Daiei Kurashiki) *Kurashiki Post Office and Kurashiki Japan Post Main Office *Kagawa Bank *Ryobi Sightseeing Bus Company, Kurashiki Office *Jumbo JJ Kurashiki Station Store (

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) *Mizushima Taxi

North entrance

Outside the north entrance was Kurashiki Tivoli Park, a popular amusement park, closed in 2008. *Kohnan Kurashiki Tivoli Park Store (home center) *Kurashiki Kotobuki-chō Post Office *Kurashiki Suishō High School *Kurashiki Municipal Higashi Junior High School

Highway access

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(formerly Route 2) * Okayama Prefectural Route 24 (Kurashiki-Kiyone Route)

Connecting lines

All lines are JR West lines. *Sanyō Main Line **Express ( Sun Liner) ***

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— Kurashiki Station — Shin-Kurashiki Station **Local (becomes an express west of Saijō) *** Nakashō Station — Kurashiki Station — Nishiachi Station *Hakubi Line **Sleeping Limited Expeess (

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) ***(Okayama Station) — Kurashiki Station — Bitchu-Takahashi Station **Local ***(Nakashō Station) — Kurashiki Station —

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External links

* {{Sanyō Main Line (Okayama segment) Hakubi Line Railway stations in Okayama Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1891 Kurashiki