is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

located in the Takebe-chō neighborhood of Kita-ku of the city of

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. It is operated by

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(JR West).

Lines

Takebe Station is served by the

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, and is located 27.0 kilometers from the southern

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of the line at .

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed ground-level

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s connected by a level crossing. The wooden station building is located on the side of Platform 2, And a waiting room is located on Platform 1. The station is unattended. The station building received protection by the national government as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2006.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Takebe Station opened on April 14, 1900 with donations collected by local citizens' movement to open a new station. The station was used as the setting for the 1998 Japanese

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film

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by director Shohei Imamura. With the privatization of the

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(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 184 passengers daily..Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020

Surrounding area

*Okayama Municipal Takebe Junior High School *Okayama Municipal Takebe Nursery School *Takebe Town Cultural Center

References

External links

Takebe Station Official Site
Railway stations in Okayama Tsuyama Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1900 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties {{Okayama-railstation-stub