Kawata Station

Kawata Station (川田駅, Kawata-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 "B15".[1][2]

Kawata Station

川田駅
Kawata Station entrance, August 2009
General information
LocationYamakawacho Kawata, Yoshinogawa-shi, Tokushima-ken 779-3404
Japan
Coordinates34°03′40″N 134°12′16″E
Operated by JR Shikoku
Line(s)■ Tokushima Line
Distance34.8 km from Tsukuda
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2 + 1 passing loop
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
AccessibleNo - island platform accessed by footbridge
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeB15
History
Opened25 March 1914 (1914-03-25)
Location
Kawata Station is located in Tokushima Prefecture
Kawata Station
Kawata Station
Location within Tokushima Prefecture
Kawata Station is located in Japan
Kawata Station
Kawata Station
Kawata Station (Japan)

Lines

Kawata 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
Limited Express Tsurigisan: Does not stop at this station
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]

Surrounding area

The area around the station is the center of former Kawada Town

  • Kawada Post Office
  • Yoshinogawa City Kawadanishi Elementary School

See also

References
  1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 657. 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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