Iyo-Nagahama Station
Iyo-Nagahama Station (伊予長浜駅, Iyo-Nagahama-eki) is a railway station on the Yosan Line in Ōzu, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "S12".[1][2]
Iyo-Nagahama Station 伊予長浜駅 | |
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Iyo-Nagahama Station in 2015 | |
Location | Nagahama, Ozu-shi, Ehime-ken 795-0000 Japan |
Coordinates | 33°36′56″N 132°29′12″E |
Operated by | |
Line(s) | ■ Yosan Line |
Distance | 233.1 km from Takamatsu |
Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platforms |
Tracks | 3 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At grade |
Other information | |
Status | Unstaffed |
Station code | S12 |
History | |
Opened | 14 February 1918 |
Previous names | Nagahama-machi (until 1 October 1933) |
Location | |
Iyo-Nagahama Station Location within Japan |
Lines
The station is located on the older, original, branch of the Yosan Line which runs along the coast from Mukaibara to Iyo-Ōzu and is 233.1 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu.[3] Only local trains stop at the station. Eastbound local services end at Matsuyama. Connections with other services are needed to travel further east of Matsuyama on the line.[4]
Layout
The station consists of a side and an island platform serving three tracks with the centre one (track 2) being unused. The station building is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a level crossing with steps at both ends. A siding branches off track 1 and ends near the station building.[2][5][3]
- A view of the station platforms. The siding can be seen branching off to the left. To the right, grass can be seen growing over the unused track 2. Track 3 can be seen branching to the extreme right on the other side of the island platform.
History
The station open as Nagahama-machi Station (長浜町駅, Nagahamamachi-eki) on 14 February 1918. At that time it was the eastern terminus of the privately run 762 mm gauge Ehime Railways. When the company was nationalized on 1 October 1933, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) assumed control. The station was renamed Iyo-Nagahama and was operated as part of the Ehime Line. The track was regauged to 1067 mm and linked up with the Yosan Mainline track from Kitanada on 6 October 1935. Iyo-Nagahama, which had also been moved 200m nearer to Kitanada at the same time, then became a through-station on the Yosan Mainline. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Shikoku.[6][7]
See also
- List of Railway Stations in Japan
References
- "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- "伊予長浜" [Iyo-Nagahama]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- 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2巻 四国西部エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 2 Western Shikoku] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 29, 73. ISBN 9784062951616.
- "Iyo-Nagahama Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- "伊予長浜駅" [Iyo-Nagahama Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- 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. 639. ISBN 4533029809.
- 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. 213–215. ISBN 4533029809.
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