Tsuyama Station

{{short description|Railway station in Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan}} {{Infobox station | name = Tsuyama Station | native_name = 津山駅 | native_name_lang = ja | type = |style = JR West | image = NewTsuyamaStation@Bus.jpg | alt = | caption = Tsuyama Station in August 2017 | other_name = | address = Nakakitashimo, Tsuyama-shi, Okayama-ken 708-0882 | country = Japan | coordinates ={{coord|35|3|17.10|N|134|0|10.85|E|region:JP_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}} | owned = [[File:JR_logo_(west).svg|16px]] [[West Japan Railway Company]] | operator = [[File:JR_logo_(west).svg|16px]] [[West Japan Railway Company]] | line = {{Plainlist| * {{rcb|JR West|Inbi|route}} {{lnl|JR West|Inbi}} * {{rcb|JR West|Kishin|route}} {{lnl|JR West|Kishin}} * {{rcb|JR West|Tsuyama|route}} {{lnl|JR West|Tsuyama}} }} | distance = {{convert|86.3|km|mile|abbr=on}} from {{STN|Himeji|x}}<br/>{{convert|58.7|km|mile|abbr=on}} from {{STN|Okayama|x}} | platforms = 2 island platforms | connections = {{Plainlist| * Bus stop }} | structure = | code = | status =Staffed (''[[Midori no Madoguchi]]'' ) | website = {{Official|1=https://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top?id=0651008}} | opened = {{Start date and age|1923|08|21|df=y}} | closed = | former = | passengers = 1973 daily | pass_year = FY2019 | map_type = Japan Okayama Prefecture#Japan | map_dot_label = Tsuyama Station |mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 17 | services = {{Adjstn|system=JR West|line=Kishin|note-mid={{SLL|Local}}|left=Innoshō|right=Higashi-Tsuyama |line3=Inbi|note-mid3={{SLL|Local}}|right3=Higashi-Tsuyama |line6=Tsuyama|note-mid6={{SLL|Rapid ''Kotobuki''|orangered|white}}{{SLL|Local}}|left6=Tsuyamaguchi}} }}

{{Nihongo|'''Tsuyama Station'''|津山駅|Tsuyama-eki}} is a junction passenger [[railway station]] located in the city of [[Tsuyama, Okayama|Tsuyama]], [[Okayama Prefecture]], [[Japan]], operated by [[West Japan Railway Company]] (JR West).<ref name="Kawashima">{{cite book|author=Kawashima, Reizo| title=山陽・山陰ライン - 全線・全駅・全配線』5 鳥取・出雲・尾道エリア|trans-title=Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 5 Tottori/Izumo/Onomichi Area|language=Japanese|year=2012|publisher=Kodansha|isbn=978-4-06-295155-5}}</ref>

==Lines== Tsuyama Station is served by the [[Kishin Line]] and [[Tsuyama Line]]. It is located 86.3 kilometers from the southern [[terminal station|terminus]] of the Kishin Line at {{STN|Himeji|x}} and 58.7 kilometers from the southern terminus of the Tsuyama Line at {{STN|Okayama|x}}. Train of the [[Inbi Line]] normally continue past the nominal terminus of the line at {{STN|Higashi-Tsuyama|x}} using the tracks of the Tsuyama Line to terminate at Tsuyama Station.

==Station layout== The station consists of two ground-level [[island platform]]s connected to the station building by an underground passage. The station has a ''[[Midori no Madoguchi]]'' staffed ticket office.

==History== Tsuyama Station opened on 21 August 1923.<ref name="teishajo1998">{{cite book |script-title=ja: 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編|trans-title=Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR| publisher = JTB | editor1-last = Ishino| editor1-first = Tetsu| year = 1998 | location = Japan | volume = II| page = 250| isbn = 4-533-02980-9}}</ref> With the privatization of [[Japanese National Railways]] (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.<ref name="teishajo1998"/>

==Passenger statistics== In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1,973 passengers daily.<ref>[https://nlftp.mlit.go.jp/ksj/gml/datalist/KsjTmplt-S12-v2_6.html Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station] - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020 </ref>

==Surrounding area== *[[Tsuyama Castle]] Ruins (Tsuruyama Park) * [[Japan National Route 181]]

==See also== *[[List of railway stations in Japan]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} * [https://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top?id=0651008 Tsuyama Station Official Site]

[[Category:Railway stations in Tsuyama]] [[Category:Kishin Line]] [[Category:Tsuyama Line]] [[Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1923]]