Daianji Station (大安寺駅, Daianji-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Kita-ku of the city of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]

Lines

Daianji Station is served by the Kibi Line, and is located 3.3 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Okayama.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level island platform, connected to the small station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1 ■ U Kibi Line for Okayama
2 ■ U Kibi Line for Bitchū-Takamatsu and Sōja

History

Daianji Station opened on February 25, 1914 as a temporary stop by a local merchant who was also a shareholder in the Chugoku Railway. It was upgraded to an official station on November 23, 1928. 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. [2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 345 passengers daily..[3]

Surrounding area

  • Hakata General Rolling Stock Yard Okayama Branch (former Okayama Shinkansen depot)
  • Okayama Municipal Ono Elementary School

See also

References

  1. ^ Kawashima, Reizo (2012). 山陽・山陰ライン - 全線・全駅・全配線』5 鳥取・出雲・尾道エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 5 Tottori/Izumo/Onomichi Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.
  2. ^ 石野哲（編） (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 II. JTB. p. 256. ISBN 978-4-533-02980-6.
  3. ^ Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020

External links

Media related to Daianji Station at Wikimedia Commons