Kō Station (Tokushima)

Kō Station (府中駅, Kō-eki) is a railway station on the Tokushima Line in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B04".[1][2]

Kō Station

府中駅
Kō Station in 2006
LocationKokufucho Kou, Tokushima-shi, Tokushima-ken 779-3122
Japan
Coordinates34°04′27″N 134°28′59″E
Operated by JR Shikoku
Line(s)■ Tokushima Line
Distance62.3 km from Tsukuda
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessNo - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeB04
History
Opened16 February 1899 (1899-02-16)
Location
Kō Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 62.3 km from the beginning of the line at Tsukuda. Only local trains stop at the station.[3]

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. Track 1 is the through-track while track 2 is a passing loop. The station building has been unstaffed since 2010 [4] and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the opposite platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][5][6]

  • A view of the station platforms

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Tokushima Line
Limited Express Tsurugisan: Does not stop at this station
Ishii   Local   Akui

History

The station was opened on 16 February 1899 by the privately run Tokushima Railway as an intermediate station when a line was built between Tokushima and Kamojima. 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). 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]

See also
  • List of Railway Stations in Japan

References
  1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. "府中" [Kō]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  3. "Kō Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 1 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. "府中駅" [Kō Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 2 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. 36, 84. 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. 654. 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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