Niwase Station

Niwase Station (庭瀬駅) 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 Kōbe and 6.5 kilometers from Okayama. It is also served by trains of the Hakubi Line, which continue past the nominal terminus of that line at Kurashiki 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.

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.