Hōkaiin Station

Location
	Hōkaiin Station Location within Okayama Prefecture Hōkaiin Station Hōkaiin Station (Japan)

Hōkaiin Station

法界院駅
Hōkaiin Station; 法界院駅
	Hōkaiin Station, April 2008
General information
Location	3-10 Gakunanchō, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken 700-0011; Japan
Coordinates	34°41′6.48″N 133°55′38.95″E / 34.6851333°N 133.9274861°E
Owned by	West Japan Railway Company
Operated by	West Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	T Tsuyama Line
Distance	2.3 km (1.4 miles) from Okayama
Platforms	1 island platforms
Connections	Bus stop;
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	10 June 1908; 116 years ago
Passengers
FY2019	1307 daily
Location
Location
	Hōkaiin Station Location within Okayama Prefecture Hōkaiin Station Hōkaiin Station (Japan)

Hōkaiin Station (法界院駅, Hōkaiin-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

Hōkaiin Station is served by the Tsuyama Line, and is located 2.3 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Okayama.

Station layout

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

Platforms

1	■ TTsuyama Line	for Fukuwatari and Tsuyama
2	■ T Tsuyama Line	for Okayama

Adjacent stations

«	Service
JR West Tsuyama Line
Okayama	Rapid Kotobuki	Nonokuchi
Okayama	Rapid	Kanagawa
Okayama	Local	Bizen-Hara

History

Hōkaiin Station opened on June 10, 1908 as a temporary stop and was upgraded to a full station on September 2 of the same year. 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 1307 passengers daily..^[2]

Surrounding area

The station is located in a dense residential area.

Okayama Municipal Mino Elementary School
Okayama Prefectural General Ground (City Light Stadium, Okayama Baseball Stadium, Momotaro Arena, Tsushima Ruins)
Okayama University Tsushima Campus/The Open University of Japan Okayama Study Center
Okayama Municipal Okakita Junior High School

References

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

External links

Media related to Hōkaiin Station at Wikimedia Commons

Hōkaiin Station Official Site

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[Kawashima-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

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