Awa-Kawashima Station

Awa-Kawashima Station (阿波川島駅, Awa-Kawashima-eki) is a railway station on the Tokushima Line in Yoshinogawa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B11".[1][2]

Awa-Kawashima Station

阿波川島駅
Awa-Kawashima station building in 2014
LocationKawashimacho Kawashima, Yoshinogawa-shi, Tokushima-ken 779-3301
Japan
Coordinates34°3′42.69″N 134°19′14.78″E
Operated by JR Shikoku
Line(s)■ Tokushima Line
Distance46.2 km from Tsukuda
Platforms1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessNo - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
StatusUnstaffed (since 2010)
Station codeB11
History
Opened19 August 1899 (1899-08-19)
Location
Awa-Kawashima Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 46.2 km from the beginning of the line at Tsukuda. Besides local service trains, the Tsurugisan limited express service between Tokushima and Awa-Ikeda also stops at Awa-Kawashima.[3]

Layout

The station consists of a side and an island platform serving 3 tracks. The station building has been unstaffed since 2010[4] and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][5][6]

Adjacent stations
« Service »
JR Limited Express Services
Kamojima   Tsurugisan   Awa-Yamakawa
Tokushima Line
Gaku   Local   Nishi-Oe

History

The station was opened on 19 August 1899 as Kawashima Station by the privately run Tokushima Railway as the terminus of a line from Tokushima. It became a through-station on 23 December 1899 when the line was extended to Yamase. When the company was nationalized on 1 September 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station and operated it as part of the Tokushima Line (later the Tokushima Main Line). On 25 March 1914 it was renamed Shingo Station (神後駅, Shingo-eki). On 1 July 1915 it was renamed Awa-Kawashima. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station 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. "阿波川島" [Awa-Kawashima]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  3. "Awa-Kawashima Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. "JR四国　駅業務体制の見直しについて" [Revision of station business system]. JR Shikoku. 21 June 2010. Archived from the original on 25 June 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  5. "阿波川島駅" [Awa-Kawashima Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  6. 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.
  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. 656. 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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