Bitchū-Takahashi Station (備中高梁駅, Bitchū-Takahashi-eki) is a JR West Hakubi Line station located in Asahi-chō, Takahashi, Okayama, Japan. The Hakubi Line extends as a single track from this station north.

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Bitchū-Takahashi 備中高梁
Platform (2019-05-26)
General information
Location	Starbucks, Bitchu-Matsuyama Castle, Kibi International University, Takahashi River, Raikyū-ji, Japan National Route 484, Japan National Route 313, Japan National Route 180, Takahashi, Okayama Japan
Coordinates
Operated by	West Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Hakubi Line
Platforms	Island platforms
Construction
Structure type	Concourse
Services
Hakubi Line Kurashiki   Sunrise Izumo   Niimi Soja or Kurashiki   Yakumo   Niimi Bitchū-Hirose   Local   Kinoyama

History

• 1926-06-20: Bitchū-Takahashi Station opened
• 1987-04-01: Japanese National Railways were privatized, and Bitchū-Takahashi Station became a JR West station
• 2007-07-03: Bitchū-Takahashi Station were equipped by the ICOCA automated ticket system
• 2015-04-11: New station building opened
• 2017-02-04: Takahashi City Complex opened

Station layout

Bitchū-Takahashi Station has three platforms capable of handling four lines simultaneously, equipped by an automated ticket machine, and has an concourse connecting to the two island platforms.

Around the station

Bitchū-Takahashi Station is located about 500m east of the Takahashi River, which is across Japan National Route 180.

Next to the station is the Takahashi City Complex with the Takahashi City Library, Tsutaya Book Store, Starbucks, Tourlist Information Center and the Takahashi Bus Center.

Also in the area are the following:

• Takahashi Municipal Office
• Bitchū Prefectural Community Center, Takahashi Branch
• Takahashi Post Office
• Takahashi Sōgō Cultural Arts Center
• Takahashi City Bunka Kōryukan
• Kibi International University
• Okayama Prefectural Takahashi High School
• Okayama Prefectural Takahashi Jōnan High School
• Takahashi Nisshin High School
• Raikyū-ji
• Bitchu-Matsuyama Castle
• Ishibiya-chō Furusato-mura
• Porca Tenmaya Happy Town

Highway access

• Japan National Route 180
• Japan National Route 313
• Japan National Route 484
• Okayama Prefectural Route 196 (Takahashi Teishajō Route)
• Okayama Prefectural Route 302 (Uji-Teppōchō Route)

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

External links

• (in Japanese) JR West