is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Lines Shin-Kurashiki Station is served by the Sanyo Shinkansen and is 205.5 kilometers from and 758.1 kilometers from . As Shin-Kurashiki is a minor intermediate Shinkansen station, only Kodama all-stations services stop here. Local services are provided by the San'yō Main Line, and the station is located 168.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .
Station layout The station consists of two elevated opposed side platforms for the Shinkansen services, and one ground-level side platform and ground-level island platform for local services. The platforms are connected by an elevated concourse which extends on the second story of the station building in between the Shinkansen and local platforms. The station is staffed and has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
History Shin-Kurashiki Station opened on 14 July 1891, as . It was renamed Shin-Kurashiki on 10 March 1975 at the same time the Shinkansen line opened. 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.
Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 7730 passengers daily.Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020
See also List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
Shin-Kurashiki Station Official Site