Hiketa Station

Hiketa Station (引田駅, Hiketa-eki) is a railway station on the Kōtoku Line in Higashikagawa, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "T10".[1][2]

Hiketa Station

引田駅
Hiketa Station in 2007
LocationHiketa, Higashikagawa-shi, Kagawa-ken 769-2901
Japan
Coordinates34°13′25″N 134°24′04″E
Operated by JR Shikoku
Line(s)■ Kōtoku Line
Distance45.1 km from Takamatsu
Platforms1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks2 + 2 sidings
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
ParkingAvailable
Disabled accessNo - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
StatusStaffed - JR ticket window
Station codeT10
History
Opened15 April 1928 (1928-04-15)
Location
Hiketa Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the JR Shikoku Kōtoku Line and is located 45.1 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 a side and an island platform serving three tracks. A station building houses a waiting room and a cafe. A JR ticket window (without a Midori no Madoguchi facility) is available but open for limited hours only.[5] Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge. A siding runs on the far side of the island platform beyond track 3. Another siding branches off track 1 and ends at a disused freight platform. Parking is available on the station forecourt.[2][3][6]

  • A view of the station platforms and tracks, looking in the direction of Tokushima. In the far distance, a siding can be seen branching off track 1 to the left.
  • The station tracks in the direction of Takamatsu. The siding branching off track 3 can be seen to the left.

Adjacent stations
« Service »
JR Limited Express Services
Sanuki-Shirotori   Uzushio   Itano
Kōtoku Line
Sanuki-Shirotori   Local   Sanuki-Aioi

History

The station was opened on 15 April 1928 as the terminus of the Kōtoku Line when the track was extended eastwards from Sanuki-Tsuda. It became a through station on 20 March 1935 when the line was extended further east to link up with other tracks to establish a through-service to Sako. At that time the station was operated by Japanese Government Railways, later becoming Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.[7][8]

See also

References
  1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. "引田" [Hiketa]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  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. pp. 33, 68. ISBN 9784062951609.
  4. "Hiketa Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  5. "JR四国の駅 窓口営業時間一覧" [JR Shikoku station ticket window opening hours list] (PDF). JR Shikoku. 28 November 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  6. "引田駅" [Hiketa Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 649. ISBN 4533029809.
  8. 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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