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located in

Niimi is a city located in northwestern Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of March 31, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 30,583 (14,628 males, 15,955 females), with 12,857 households and a population density of 39 persons per km2. The total a ...

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Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. It offers connecting service to the Geibi, Hakubi, and

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: ...

History

*1928-10-25: The completed Hakubi Line is opened. *1929-04-14: Sakubisai Line (which became the Kishin Line) section opened. *1930-02-10: The fork from Bitchū Kōjiro Station is opened with regular service to Niimi Station. *1987-04-01: With the privatization of the

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, Niimi Station becomes a

station.

Station

The station uses the two-sided island style of platform, allowing for up to four lines to use the station at once (see the platform photos to the right). No freight trains pass through this station as it is designed to handle only passenger trains.

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are located on the side of the station building. The automatic announcement system does not use the standard "The X train is arriving at platform Y." Instead, the announcement tells which line is arriving or departing. Tickets are handled using JR West's HeartStore.

Platforms

The platform island is connected to the station building via a tunnel, and the platform features a large enclosed waiting room in addition to the outside waiting area on the platform. Platforms 3 and 4 were renamed to 5 and 6. The various train lines served by Niimi Station are handled as follows: *Platforms 1 and 2:

and

Geibi Line The is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in the mountainous area of the Chūgoku region in Japan. It begins at Bitchū Kōjiro Station on the west side of Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, connecting through Miyoshi St ...

*Platforms 5 and 6:

Hakubi Line The is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in the mountainous area of the Chūgoku region of Japan. It begins at the south end of Okayama Prefecture at Kurashiki Station in Kurashiki, passing through Niimi Station on ...

Around the station

Services

*The Niimi Post Office

Highway access

*Niimi Interchange of the

Chūgoku Expressway The (part of Asian Highway Network ) is an expressway in Japan, which extends from Suita, Osaka to Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi. It connects Kansai and Chūgoku regions in western Honshu, Japan's main island. Other major cities along the expressway ...

* Route 180 * Route 182 *Okayama/Tottori Prefectural Route 8, Niimi Nichinan Route *Okayama Prefectural Route 32, Niimi Katsuyama Route *Okayama Prefectural Route 199, Niimi Teishajō Route

Connecting lines

All lines are JR West lines. ;

Ishiga Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Lines Ishiga Station is served by the Hakubi Line, and is located 59.7 kilometers from the term ...

— Niimi Station —

Nunohara Station is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Lines Nunohara Station is served by trains of the Geibi Line, which continue past t ...

— Bitchū Kōjiro Station ;

:Express:

Osakabe Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Lines Osakabe Station is served by the Kishin Line, and is located 141.2 kilometers from th ...

— Tajibe Station — Iwayama Station — Niimi Station :Local: Iwayama Station — Niimi Station ;Geibi Line :Express (one early morning train only): Niimi Station —

Yagami Station is a JR West Geibi Line station located in Yada, Tessei-chō, Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. History The name of the station is a combination of two characters from the names of two small towns which merged: the 矢 from Yada (矢田) and ...

:Local: Niimi Station — Nunohara Station

External links

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