Awa-Handa Station

Awa-Handa Station (阿波半田駅, Awa-Handa-eki) is a railway station on the Tokushima Line in Handa, Tsurugi, Mima District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B19".[1][2]

Awa-Handa Station

阿波半田駅
LocationHanda, Tsurugi-chō, Mima-gun, Tokushima-ken 779-4100
Japan
Coordinates34°02′27″N 134°02′11″E
Operated by JR Shikoku
Line(s)■ Tokushima Line
Distance17.2 km from Tsukuda
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessYes - ramp to platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeB19
History
Opened25 March 1914 (1914-03-25)
Location
Awa-Handa Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 17.2 km from the beginning of the line at Tsukuda. Only local trains stop at the station.[3]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single tracks. On the other side of the side platform, the traces of a former track bed can be seen, showing that it was once an island platform but track 1 has now been removed. The station building is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. A path and ramp leads to the platform.[2][4][5] A shop opposite the station sells some types of tickets as a kan'i itaku agent.[6]

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Tokushima Line
Limited Express Tsurugisan: Does not stop at this station
Eguchi   Local   Sadamitsu

History

Awa-Handa was opened on 25 March 1914 as one of several intermediate stations built when Japanese Government Railways (JGR) extended the track of the Tokushima Main Line from Awa-Yamakawa to Awa-Ikeda. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor to JGR, on 1 April 1987, Awa-Handa came under the control of JR Shikoku. On 1 June 1988, the line was renamed the Tokushima Line.[7][8]

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See also
  • List of Railway Stations in Japan

References
  1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. "阿波半田" [Awa-Handa]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  3. "Awa-Handa Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  4. "阿波半田駅" [Awa-Handa Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  5. Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第1巻 四国東部エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 1 Eastern Shikoku] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 39, 83. ISBN 9784062951609.
  6. "阿波半田駅" [Awa-Handa Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 5 February 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  7. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 657. ISBN 4533029809.
  8. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 215–216. ISBN 4533029809.


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