# Kiyone Station > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kiyone_Station > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kiyone_Station.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyone_Station > Source revision: 1352618916 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Railway station in Sōja, Okayama Prefecture, Japan Kiyone Station 清音駅 Kiyone Station in December 2009 General information Location Kiyonekaminakashima, Sōja-shi, Okayama-ken 19-1175 Japan Coordinates 34°38′37.12″N 133°43′59.98″E / 34.6436444°N 133.7333278°E / 34.6436444; 133.7333278 Operated by JR West Ibara Railway Company Lines V Hakubi Line ■ Ibara Line Distance 7.3 km (4.5 miles) from Kurashiki Platforms 1 side + 1 island platforms Other information Status Staffed (Ibara Railway portion only) Station code JR-V06 Website Official website History Opened 17 February 1925 (1925-02-17) Passengers 2019 1650 daily Location Kiyone Station Location within Okayama Prefecture Show map of Okayama Prefecture Kiyone Station Kiyone Station (Japan) Show map of Japan Kiyone Station looking toward Bitchū-Takahashi Station in July 2006 **Kiyone Station** (清音駅, *Kiyone-eki*) is a passenger [railway station](/source/Railway_station) located in the city of [Sōja](/source/S%C5%8Dja), [Okayama Prefecture](/source/Okayama_Prefecture), [Japan](/source/Japan). It is jointly operated by the [West Japan Railway Company](/source/West_Japan_Railway_Company) (JR West) and the [third sector](/source/Public-Private_Partnerships_In_Japan) transportation company, [Ibara Railway Company](/source/Ibara_Line)[1] It is located in [the former village of Kiyone](/source/Kiyone%2C_Okayama), which was merged with the expanded city of Sōja in March 2005. ## Lines Kiyone Station is served by the [Hakubi Line](/source/Hakubi_Line), and is located 7.3 km (4.5 mi) from the [terminus](/source/Terminal_station) of the line at [Kurashiki](/source/Kurashiki_Station) and 23.2 km (14.4 mi) from [Okayama](/source/Okayama_Station). It is also served by trains of the [Ibara Railway Ibara Line](/source/Ibara_Railway_Ibara_Line) from [Kannabe](/source/Kannabe_Station) and is 3.4 km (2.1 mi) from the terminus of that line at [Sōja](/source/S%C5%8Dja_Station). ## Station layout The station consists of a [side platform](/source/Side_platform) and an [island platform](/source/Island_platform), connected by a footbridge. The island platform is shared by JR West and the Ibara Railway, with JR West using the northern portion of the platform and the Ibara Railway using the southern portion. The JR portion of the station is unstaffed. ### Platforms 1 ■ V Hakubi Line for Kurashiki and Okayama 2 ■ Ibara Line for Sōja for Ibara and Kannabe 3 ■ V Hakubi Line for Bitchū-Takahashi and Niimi ## Adjacent stations « Service » Hakubi Line Kurashiki Local Sōja Ibara Line Sōja - Kawabejuku ## History Kiyone Station was opened on 17 February 1925. With the privatization of [Japanese National Railways](/source/Japanese_National_Railways) (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. With the privatization of the [Japan National Railways](/source/Japan_National_Railways) (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.[2] The Ibara Railway connected to the station on January 11, 1999.[3] ## Passenger statistics During the fiscal year 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 1650 passengers daily.[4] ## Surrounding area - [Takahashi River](/source/Takahashi_River) - [Japan National Route 486](/source/Japan_National_Route_486) ## See also - [List of railway stations in Japan](/source/List_of_railway_stations_in_Japan) - [Gunma-Sōja Station](/source/Gunma-S%C5%8Dja_Station) (on the [Joetsu Line](/source/Joetsu_Line) in [Gunma Prefecture](/source/Gunma_Prefecture)) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Kawashima_1-0)** 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](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-4-06-295155-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4-06-295155-5). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Teishajo_2-0)** Ishino, Akira (1998). *停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編*. JTB. p. 260. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-4-533-02980-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4-533-02980-6). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-RJ390_3-0)** "井原鉄道の旅立ち". *鉄道ジャーナル*. **33** (4): 70–74. April 1999. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station](https://nlftp.mlit.go.jp/ksj/gml/datalist/KsjTmplt-S12-v2_6.html) - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020 ## External links Media related to [Kiyone Station](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kiyone_Station) at Wikimedia Commons - [Kiyone Station from JR-Odekake.net](https://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top?id=0650402) (in Japanese) - [Ibara Railway home page](https://www.ibara-railway.co.jp/train/station/kiyone/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210101010035/https://www.ibara-railway.co.jp/train/station/kiyone/) 1 January 2021 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) (in Japanese) v t e Stations of the JR West Hakubi Line Kurashiki Kiyone Sōja Gōkei Hiwa Minagi Bitchū-Hirose Bitchū-Takahashi Kinoyama Bitchū-Kawamo Hōkoku (Hiroishi SB) Ikura Ishiga Niimi Nunohara Bitchū-Kōjiro Ashidachi Niizato Kami-Iwami (Shimo-Iwami SB) Shōyama Kamisuge Kurosaka Neu Muko Ebi (Kami-Mizoguchi SB) Hōki-Mizoguchi Kishimoto Hōki-Daisen Higashiyamakōen Yonago v t e Stations of the Ibara Railway Ibara Line Sōja Kiyone Kawabejuku Kibinomakibi Bitchū-Kurese Mitani Yakage Oda Sōunnosato-Ebara Ibara Izue Komoriutanosato-Takaya Goryō Yuno Kannabe --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kiyone Station](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyone_Station) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyone_Station?action=history)). 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