Awa-Handa Station

Awa-Handa Station
阿波半田駅
Location Handa, Tsurugi-chō, Mima-gun, Tokushima-ken 779-4100
Japan
Coordinates 34°02′27″N 134°02′11″E / 34.0409°N 134.0364°E / 34.0409; 134.0364Coordinates: 34°02′27″N 134°02′11″E / 34.0409°N 134.0364°E / 34.0409; 134.0364
Operated by JR Shikoku
Line(s) ■ Tokushima Line
Distance 17.2 km from Tsukuda
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Structure type At grade
Disabled access Yes - ramp to platform
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Station code B19
History
Opened 25 March 1914 (1914-03-25)
Location
Awa-Handa Station
Location within Japan

Awa-Handa Station (阿波半田駅, Awa-Handa-eki) is a railway station on the Tokushima Line in Handa, Tsurugi, Mima District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B19".[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 17.2 km from the beginning of the line at Tsukuda. Only local trains stop at the station.[3]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single tracks. On the other side of the side platform, the traces of a former track bed can be seen, showing that it was once an island platform but track 1 has now been removed. The station building is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. A path and ramp leads to the platform.[2][4][5] A shop opposite the station sells some types of tickets as a kan'i itaku agent.[6]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tokushima Line
Eguchi Local Sadamitsu

History

Awa-Handa was opened on 25 March 1914 as one of several intermediate stations built when Japanese Government Railways (JGR) extended the track of the Tokushima Main Line from Awa-Yamakawa to Awa-Ikeda. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor to JGR, on 1 April 1987, Awa-Handa came under the control of JR Shikoku. On 1 June 1988, the line was renamed the Tokushima Line.[7][8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "阿波半田" [Awa-Handa]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Awa-Handa Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "阿波半田駅" [Awa-Handa Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  5. ↑ 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. p. 39, 83. ISBN 9784062951609.
  6. ↑ "阿波半田駅" [Awa-Handa Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 5 February 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  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. 657. 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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