Kawata Station

Kawata Station
川田駅
Kawata Station entrance, August 2009
Location Yamakawacho Kawata, Yoshinogawa-shi, Tokushima-ken 779-3404
Japan
Coordinates 34°03′40″N 134°12′16″E / 34.0611°N 134.2044°E / 34.0611; 134.2044Coordinates: 34°03′40″N 134°12′16″E / 34.0611°N 134.2044°E / 34.0611; 134.2044
Operated by JR Shikoku
Line(s) ■ Tokushima Line
Distance 34.8 km from Tsukuda
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2 + 1 passing loop
Construction
Structure type At grade
Disabled access No - island platform accessed by footbridge
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Station code B15
History
Opened 25 March 1914 (1914-03-25)
Location
Kawata Station
Location within Japan

Kawata Station (川田駅, Kawata-eki) is railway station on the Tokushima Line in Yoshinogawa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B15".[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 34.8 km from the beginning of the line at Tsukuda. Only local trains stop at the station.[3]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. A passing loop runs between the station building and track 1. The station building is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][4][5]

Platforms

1 ■ Tokushima Line for Sako and Tokushima
2 ■ Tokushima Line for Tsukuda and Awa-Ikeda

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tokushima Line
Anabuki Local Awa-Yamakawa

History

An earlier station at a different location but named Kawada (with the same Kanji name 川田駅) had been established by the private Tokushima Railway on 28 August 1907. After the company was nationalized on 1 September 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the stations and operated it as part of the Tokushima Line (later the Tokushima Main Line) from Tokushima to Awa-Yamakawa (then known as Yudate), Kawada and Funato. On 25 March 1914, JGR extended the track to Awa-Ikeda. In the process, Kawada and Funato were closed and Kawata was opened as a new station 1.3 km further to the west than Kawada. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor to 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.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "川田" [Kawata]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Kawata Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "川田駅" [Kawata Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 4 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. pp. 39, 83. ISBN 9784062951609.
  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. 657. 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. 215–216. ISBN 4533029809.


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