Shimoura Station

Shimoura Station
下浦駅
Shimoura Station in 2008
Location Shimoura Urashō, Ishii-chō, Myōzai-gun, Tokushima-ken 779-3200
Japan
Coordinates 34°04′03″N 134°25′15″E / 34.0675°N 134.4209°E / 34.0675; 134.4209Coordinates: 34°04′03″N 134°25′15″E / 34.0675°N 134.4209°E / 34.0675; 134.4209
Operated by JR Shikoku
Line(s) ■ Tokushima Line
Distance 56.3 km from Tsukuda
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Structure type At grade
Disabled access Yes - ramp leads up to platform
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Station code B06
History
Opened 20 September 1934 (1934-09-20)
Location
Shimoura Station
Location within Japan

Shimoura Station (下浦駅, Shimoura-eki) is a railway station on the Tokushima Line in Ishii, Myōzai District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B06".[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 56.3 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 a side platform serving a single track. There is no station building, only a shelter on the platform for waiting passengers. A ramp leads up to the platform from the access road. There is a designated parking area for bicycles near the station.[2][4][5]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tokushima Line
Ushinoshima Local Ishii

History

That station was opened on 20 September 1934 by Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on the then Tokushima Main Line. On 10 August 1941 the station was closed. It was reopened on 1 November 1957. 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.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "下浦" [Shimoura]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Shimoura Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "下浦駅" [Shimoura Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 2 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, 84. 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. 655. 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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