Kurayoshi Station (倉吉駅, Kurayoshi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]

Lines

Kurayoshi Station is served by the San'in Main Line, and is located 270.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kyoto.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform and one island platform connected by an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 ■  San'in Main Line for Yonago and Matsue
for Tottori and Kyoto
2 ■  San'in Main Line for Tottori and Kyoto
3 ■  San'in Main Line for Yonago and Matsue
for Tottori and Kyoto

Adjacent stations

West Japan Railway Company (JR West)

« Service »
Sanin Main Line
Tottori   Limited Express Super Hakuto   Terminus
Tottori   Limited Express Super Oki   Yonago
Tottoridaigakumae   Limited Express Super Matsukaze   Hōki-Daisen
Matsuzaki   Express "Tottori Liner"   Shimohōjō
Matsuzaki   Local   Shimohōjō

History

Kurayoshi Station opened on December 20, 1903. It was renamed Agei Station (上井駅) on May 1, 1912, but reverted to its original name on February 14, 1972. 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. A new station building was completed in July 2022.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 4440 passengers daily.[2]

Surrounding area

  • Tottori College of Nursing
  • Tottori Junior College
  • Tottori Prefectural Kurayoshi General Industrial High School
  • Kurayoshi North High School
  • Tottori Prefectural Industrial Human Resource Development Center

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

External links

Media related to Kurayoshi Station at Wikimedia Commons