Kitayama Station (Ehime)

Kitayama Station
Kitayama Station; 喜多山駅
Location	Niiya, Ozu-shi, Ehime-ken 795-0069; Japan
Coordinates	33°32′00″N 132°36′40″E
Operated by	JR Shikoku
Line(s)	■ Yosan Line
Distance	236.1 km from Takamatsu
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Disabled access	Yes - ramp leads up to platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	U12
History
Opened	1 May 1920
Location
	Kitayama Station Location within Japan

Kitayama Station (喜多山駅, Kitayama-eki) is railway station on the Uchiko branch of the Yosan Line in Ōzu, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "U12".[1][2]

Lines

Although the station is officially on the Uchiko Line, JR Shikoku runs it operationally as part of Yosan Line and as such it only carries the "U" prefix common to other Yosan line stations. It is located 236.1 km from the beginning of the Yosan line at Takamatsu.[3] Only local trains stop at the station. Eastbound local trains which serve the station terminate at Matsuyama while westbound local trains terminate at Iyo-Ōzu or Yawatahama. Connections with other services are needed to travel further east of Matsuyama or further west of Iyo-Ōzu/Yawatahama on the line.[4]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. There is no station building, only a shelter on the platform for waiting passengers. A ramp leads up to the platform from the access road.[2][5][3]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yosan Line (Uchiko branch)
Ikazaki		Local		Niiya

History

The station was opened on 1 February 1920 as a station of the private Ehime Railway (愛媛鉄道, Ehime Tetsudō), a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) light railway line from Wakamiya Junction (若宮連絡所, Wakamiya-renraku-sho), near Nagahama-machi (the present Iyo-Nagahama) to Uchiko. On October 1, 1933, the line was nationalized and Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over and operated the station as part of the Ehime Line (愛媛線, Ehime-sen). On October 6, 1935, after the track had been re-gauged to 1,067 mm, the station became part of the Uchiko Line. Subsequently, Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, undertook the construction of the Uchiko branch of the Yosan Line which involved building a new stretch of track from Mukaibara to Uchiko. The station became part of this branch on 3 March 1986. It was still designated as a station on the Uchiko Line but was now operated as part of the Yosan Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.[6][7]

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References

"Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
"喜多山" [Kitayama]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 19 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. p. 28, 70. ISBN 9784062951616.
"Kitayama Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
"喜多山駅" [Kitayama Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 19 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. 644. 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.