Bitchū-Hirose Station

Bitchū-Hirose
備中広瀬駅
West Japan Railway Company
Location Matsuyama, Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture
 Japan
Operated by JR West
Line(s) Hakubi Line
History
Opened 20 June 1926 (1926-06-20)
Services
Preceding station   JR West   Following station
toward Kurashiki
Hakubi Line
toward Hōki-Daisen
Bitchū-Hirose Station platform area (2008-02-13).

Bitchū-Hirose Station (備中広瀬駅, Bitchū-Hirose-eki) is a JR West Hakubi Line station. It is in Matsuyama, Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

History

  • 1926-06-20: Bitchū-Hirose Station opens at the same time as the Hakubi Minami Line section between Minagi and Kinoyama stations
  • 1987-04-01: Japanese National Railways is privatized, and Bitchū-Hirose Station becomes a JR West station
  • 2007-07-03: Bitchū-Hirose Station begins using the ICOCA automated ticket system

Station building and platforms

Bitchū-Hirose Station is an unmanned station which has two platforms capable of handling two lines simultaneously. Track 1 is next to the station building. Tracks 2 and 3 on the island platform can be reached through the bridge (see photo at right). It is equipped with an automated ticket machine and has a waiting room.

1 Hakubi Line to SōjaKurashikiOkayama
2 Hakubi Line to Bitchū-TakahashiNiimiYonago

Environs

Bitchū-Hirose Station is located within a bend in the Takahashi River, which is across Japan National Route 180, about 50m south of the station. The Takahashi-Tamagawa Post Office is located nearby, as is Takahashi Municipal Tamagawa Elementary School.

Highway access

  • Japan National Route 180
  • Okayama Prefectural Route 293 (Utodani-Takahashi Route)

Connecting lines

JR West Hakubi Line
Minagi StationBitchū-Hirose StationBitchū-Takahashi Station

See also

Coordinates: 34°45′33″N 133°36′23″E / 34.759155°N 133.606517°E / 34.759155; 133.606517

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