Mikamo Station

Mikamo Station
Mikamo Station; 三加茂駅
	Mikamo Station in 2008
Location	Nakasho, Higashimiyoshi, Miyoshi-gun, Tokushima-ken 779-4703; Japan
Coordinates	34°02′09″N 133°56′57″E / 34.0357°N 133.9491°ECoordinates: 34°02′09″N 133°56′57″E / 34.0357°N 133.9491°E
Operated by	JR Shikoku
Line(s)	■ Tokushima Line
Distance	8.7 km from Tsukuda
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1 siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade on sidehill cutting
Bicycle facilities	Bike shed
Disabled access	Partial - ramp to platform but there are two steps
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	B21
History
Opened	15 December 1961
Location
	Mikamo Station Location within Japan

Mikamo Station (三加茂駅, Mikamo-eki) is a railway station on the Tokushima Line in Higashimiyoshi, Miyoshi District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B21".^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 8.7 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 track on a sidehill cutting. There is no station building, only a shelter on the platform for waiting passengers. A ramp, with two steps, leads up to the platform from the access road. A bike shed is located at the base of the ramp.^[2]^[4]^[5]

The entrance to Mikamo Station. Two steps are needed to get onto the ramp, rendering it difficult for wheelchair users. The bike shed can be seen to the left.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tokushima Line
Awa-Kamo		Local	Eguchi

History

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened Mikamo on 15 December 1961, as an added station on the existing Tokushima Main Line. With the privatization of JNR 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]

References

↑ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
1 2 "三加茂" [Mikamo]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
↑ "Mikamo Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
↑ "三加茂駅" [Mikamo Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 6 February 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. 38, 82. ISBN 9784062951609.
↑ 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. 658. 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. 215–216. ISBN 4533029809.

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[tokustation-1] "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.

[hacchi-2] 1 2 "三加茂" [Mikamo]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

[timetable-3] "Mikamo Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

[sw-4] "三加茂駅" [Mikamo Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

[kawashima-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. 38, 82. ISBN 9784062951609.

[teishajo-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. 658. 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.