Daianji Station

Daianji Station

大安寺駅
Daianji Station; 大安寺駅
	Station building and platform on September 2007
General information
Location	5 Daianji Nakamachi, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken 700-0062; Japan
Coordinates	34°39′46.87″N 133°53′13.37″E
Owned by	West Japan Railway Company
Operated by	West Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	U Kibi Line
Distance	3.3 km (2.1 mi) from Okayama
Platforms	1 island platform
Connections	Bus stop;
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	JR-U03
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 February 1914
Passengers
FY2019	345 daily
Services
Location
	Daianji Station Location within Okayama Prefecture Daianji Station Daianji Station (Japan)

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

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.
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.
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

Daianji 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.

[Teishajo-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