is a passenger railway station located in Naka-ku, in the city of

Okayama is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The city was founded on June 1, 1889. , the city has an estimated population of 720,841 and a population density of 910 persons per km2. The total area is . The city is ...

Okayama Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,906,464 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Square kilometre, km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefectur ...

, Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines

Takashima Station is served by the

San'yō Main Line The is a major railway line owned by JR Group companies in western Japan, connecting Kōbe Station and Moji Station, largely paralleling the coast of the Seto Inland Sea, Inland Sea, in other words, the southern coast of western Honshu. The Sa ...

and is 138.9 km from the starting of the Sanyo Main Line at Kōbe Station. It is also served by trains of the Akō Line, which continue past the nominal terminus of that line at to terminate at Okayama Station via the San'yō Main Line tracks.

Layout

The station has two ground level opposed side platforms, connected by a footbridge, located next to the elevated Sanyo Shinkansen tracks. The station has a '' Midori no Madoguchi'' staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

Takashima Station opened on 14 March 1985. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3551 passengers daily

Surrounding area

The surrounding area is a residential area. There is a municipal housing complex on the north side of the station, and in this housing complex there is a police office, a certified children's center, and the Okayama Takashima housing complex post office. *Okayama Municipal Takashima Elementary School *Okayama Municipal Asahiryu Elementary School *Okayama Municipal Takashima Junior High School

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* {{Akō Line Stations of West Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Okayama Sanyō Main Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1985