Orange Town Station

Orange Town Station
オレンジタウン駅
Orange Town Station in 2010
Location Shido, Sanuki-shi, Kagawa-ken 769-2101
Japan
Coordinates 34°18′06″N 134°10′51″E / 34.3018°N 134.1809°E / 34.3018; 134.1809Coordinates: 34°18′06″N 134°10′51″E / 34.3018°N 134.1809°E / 34.3018; 134.1809
Operated by JR Shikoku
Line(s) ■ Kōtoku Line
Distance 18.9 km from Takamatsu
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type At grade
Disabled access No - access to island platform by footbridge
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Station code T18
History
Opened 14 March 1998 (1998-03-14)
Location
Orange Town Station
Location within Japan

Orange Town Station (オレンジタウン駅, Orenji-taun-eki) is a railway station on the Kōtoku Line in Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "T18".[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the JR Shikoku Kōtoku Line and is located 18.9 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu.[3] Besides local services, the Uzushio limited express between Okayama, Takamatsu and Tokushima also stops at the station.[4]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. The station building of modernistic concrete design is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform from the station building is by means of a footbridge which also gives access to the other of the tracks.[2][5][3]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
JR Limited Express Services
Shido Uzushio Sanuki-Tsuda
Kōtoku Line
Shido Local Zōda

History

The station was opened on 14 March 1998 as an added station on the existing Kōtoku Line by JRShikoku.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "オレンジタウン" [Orange Town]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 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. 32, 67. ISBN 9784062951609.
  4. ↑ "Orange Town Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "オレンジタウン駅" [Orange Town Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
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