Kamogawa Station

Kamogawa Station (鴨川駅, Kamogawa-eki) is a railway station on the Yosan Line in Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "Y06".[1][2]

Kamogawa Station 鴨川駅
Kamogawa Station in 2017
Location	6039-2 Fuchūchō, Sakaide-shi, Kagawa-ken 762-0024 Japan
Coordinates	34°18′24″N 133°54′19″E
Operated by	JR Shikoku
Line(s)	■ Yosan Line
Distance	16.6 km from Takamatsu
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4 + 1 freight siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	Y06
History
Opened	21 February 1897 (1897-02-21)
Location
Kamogawa Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the JR Shikoku Yosan Line and is located 16.6 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu.[3] Yosan line local, Rapid Sunport, and Nanpū Relay services stop at the station. The Marine Liner rapid service on the Seto-Ohashi Line which plies between Okayama and Takamatsu also stops at the station. Although Tadotsu is the official start of the Dosan Line, some of its local trains start from and return to Takamatsu. These trains also stop at Kamogawa.[4]

Layout

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. A concrete station building by the side of the tracks is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platforms is by means of a footbridge. In addition there is a siding serving a disused freight platform.[2][3][5]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yosan Line
Kokubu		Rapid Sunport		Sakaide
Kokubu		Rapid Nanpū Relay		Sakaide
Sanuki-Fuchū		Local		Yasoba
Dosan Line
Sanuki-Fuchū		Local		Yasoba
Seto-Ōhashi Line
Kokubu		Rapid Marine Liner		Sakaide

History

The station opened on 21 February 1897 as an intermediate stop when the track of the privately Sanuki Railway (later the Sanyo Railway) was extended from Marugame to Takamatsu. After the railway as nationalized on 1 December 1906, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over the station and operated it as part of the Sanuki Line (later the Sanyo and then the Yosan Main Line). With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR, the successor of JGR) on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.[6][7]

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
2. "鴨川" [Sanuki-Shioya]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
3. 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. 16, 77. ISBN 9784062951609.
4. "Kamogawa Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
5. "鴨川駅" [Sanuki-Shioya Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
6. 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. 632. ISBN 4533029809.
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). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 213–215. ISBN 4533029809.