is a passenger

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located in the city of Mimasaka,

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, operated by

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(JR West).

Lines

Narahara Station is served by the

Kishin Line is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) between Himeji, Hyōgo and Niimi, Okayama, Japan. The name of the line comes from the first kanji of Himeji () and Niimi () which the line connects. Stations *S: Trains stop *s: ...

, and is located 66.4 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at .

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level

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serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building and the station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

History

Narahara Station opened on October 1, 1954. 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. A new station building was completed in February 2021.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 25 passengers daily..Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020

Surrounding area

*Yamazaki Industry Okayama Factory * Chugoku Expressway Narahara Parking Area

References

External links

Narahara Station Official Site
Railway stations in Okayama Prefecture Kishin Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1954 Mimasaka, Okayama {{Okayama-railstation-stub