Kuramoto Station (Tokushima)

Kuramoto Station (蔵本駅, Kuramoto-eki) is a railway station on the Tokushima Line in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B02".[1][2]

Kuramoto Station

蔵本駅
Kuramoto Station Entrance
Location2 Chome Kuramotochō, Tokushima-shi, Tokushima-ken 770-0042
Japan
Coordinates34°04′46″N 134°31′06″E
Operated by JR Shikoku
Line(s) Tokushima Line
Distance65.6 km from Tsukuda
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2 + several sidings
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeB02
History
Opened12 September 1899 (1899-09-12)
Location
Kuramoto Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 65.6 km from the beginning of the line at Tsukuda. Besides local service trains, the Tsurugisan limited express service also stops at Kuramoto.[3]

Layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving 2 tracks. The station building is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge. Several sidings branch off both tracks.[2][4][5]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
JR Limited Express Services
Ishii   Tsurugisan   Tokushima
Tokushima Line
Akui   Local   Sako

History

The station was opened on 12 September 1899 by the privately run Tokushima Railway. 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). 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. "蔵本" [Kuramoto]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  3. "Kuramoto Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  4. "蔵本駅" [Kuramoto Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 1 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. 36, 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. pp. 651, 654. 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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