Gaku Station

Gaku Station (学駅, Gaku-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 "B12".[1][2]

Gaku Station 学駅
Gaku Station in 2010
Location	Kawashimachogaku, Yoshinogawa-shi, Tokushima-ken 779-3306 Japan
Coordinates	34°03′27″N 134°17′11″E
Operated by	JR Shikoku
Line(s)	■ Tokushima Line
Distance	42.7 km from Tsukuda
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Disabled access	No - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
Status	Unstaffed (since 2010)
Station code	B12
History
Opened	23 December 1899 (1899-12-23)
Location
Gaku Station Location within Japan

History

The station was opened on 23 December 1899 by the privately-run Tokushima Railway as an intermediate station when the track was extended from Awa-Kawashima to Yamase. When the company was nationalized on 1 September 1907Ţ, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station and operated it as part of the Tokushima Line (later the Tokushima Main Line). 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.[3][4]

Lines

The station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 42.7 km from the beginning of the line at Tsukuda. Only local trains stop at the station.[5]

Layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving 2 tracks. The station building has been unstaffed since 2010[6] and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the opposite platform is by means of a footbridge. A siding branches off track 1 and ends near the station building.[2][7][8]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tokushima Line
Limited Express Tsurugisan: Does not stop at this station
Yamase		Local		Awa-Kawashima

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
2. "学" [Gaku]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. "Gaku Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
6. "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 2010-06-25. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
7. "学駅" [Gaku Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
8. 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. 38, 83. ISBN 9784062951609.