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).
Lines Niwase Station is served by the San'yō Main Line, and is located 149.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at and 6.5 kilometers from . It is also served by trains of the Hakubi Line, which continue past the nominal terminus of that line at to terminate at Okayama.
Station layout The station consists of two opposed side platforms on a slight embankment, connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
Platforms
History Niwase Station opened on April 25, 1891 at the same time as the opening of the section between Okayama Station and Kurashiki Station on the Sanyo Railway. The current station building was opened in 1986 and the building itself won the Railway Architectural Association's Station Architecture Award for 1985. 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 4341 passengers daily.Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020
See also List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
Niwase Station Official Site