Awa-Yamakawa Station

Awa-Yamakawa Station (阿波山川駅, Awa-Yamakawa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yoshinogawa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B14".[1][2]

Awa-Yamakawa Station

阿波山川駅
Awa-Yamakawa Station in 2012
General information
LocationYamakawacho Yudate, Yoshinogawa-shi, Tokushima-ken 779-3404
Japan
Coordinates34°03′18″N 134°14′03″E
Operated by JR Shikoku
Line(s)■ Tokushima Line
Distance37.7 km from Tsukuda
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeB14
History
Opened7 August 1900 (1900-08-07)
Previous namesYudate Station (until 1 April 1957)
Passengers
FY2014381
Location
Awa-Yamakawa Station is located in Tokushima Prefecture
Awa-Yamakawa Station
Awa-Yamakawa Station
Location within Tokushima Prefecture
Awa-Yamakawa Station is located in Japan
Awa-Yamakawa Station
Awa-Yamakawa Station
Awa-Yamakawa Station (Japan)

Lines

Awa-Yamakawa Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 37.7 km from the beginning of the line at Tsukuda. Besides local trains, trains of the Tsurugisan limited express service between Tokushima and Awa-Ikeda also stop at Awa-Yamakawa.[3]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. The station building is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. There are some steps at the entrance to the station building and a further flight of steps is needed to reach the platform, rendering the station inaccessible to wheelchair users.[2][4][5]

Adjacent stations
« Service »
JR Limited Express Services
Awa-Kawashima   Tsurugisan   Anabuki
Tokushima Line
Kawata   Local   Yamase

History

The station was opened on 7 August 1900 as Yudate Station (湯立駅, Yudate-eki) by the privately run Tokushima Railway. It was an intermediate station along a track extension from Yamase to Kawada and Funato (both now closed). When the company was nationalized on 1 September 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station and operated it as part of the Tokushima Line (later the Tokushima Main Line). On 1 April 1957, Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, changed the name of the station to Awa-Yamakawa. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (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]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 381 passengers daily.

Surrounding area
  • Yoshinogawa City Yamakawa Government Building
  • Yoshinogawa City Yamakawa Library
  • Yoshinogawa City Yamakawa Junior High School

See also

References
  1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. "阿波山川" [Awa-Yamakawa]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  3. "Awa-Yamakawa Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. "阿波山川駅" [Awa-Yamakawa Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. 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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 656. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 215–216. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
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