W 07  Shin-Kurashiki Station 新倉敷駅
Shin-Kurashiki Station south side in 2007
General information
Location	390-4 Tamashima Tsumasaki, Kurashiki-shi, Okayama-ken 710-0252 Japan
Coordinates	34°33′54.00″N 133°40′43.20″E / 34.5650000°N 133.6786667°E / 34.5650000; 133.6786667
Owned by	West Japan Railway Company
Operated by	West Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	San'yō Shinkansen W San'yō Line
Distance	758.1 km (471.1 mi) from Tokyo
Platforms	3 side + 1 island platforms
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Station code	JR-W07
Website	Official website
History
Opened	14 July 1891; 132 years ago (1891-07-14)
Previous names	Tamashima (to 1975)
Passengers
FY2019	7952 daily
Services
Preceding station JR West Following station Fukuyama towards Hakata San'yō Shinkansen Hikari Okayama towards Shin-Ōsaka Fukuyama towards Hakata or Hakata-Minami San'yō Shinkansen Kodama Konkō  W 08  towards Fukuyama San'yō Line Local Nishiachi  W 06  towards Okayama
Location
Shin-Kurashiki Station Location within Okayama Prefecture Show map of Okayama Prefecture Shin-Kurashiki Station Shin-Kurashiki Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Shin-Kurashiki Station (新倉敷駅, Shin-Kurashiki-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).^[1]

Lines

Shin-Kurashiki Station is served by the Sanyo Shinkansen and is 205.5 kilometers from Shin-Osaka and 758.1 kilometers from Tokyo. 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 Kōbe.

Station layout

The station consists of two elevated opposed side platforms for the Shinkasen 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

1	■  San'yō Shinkansen	for Hiroshima and Hakata
2	■  San'yō Shinkansen	for Shin-Osaka and Tokyo

History

Shin-Kurashiki Station opened on 14 July 1891, as Tamashima Station (玉島駅). 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.^[2]