Gaku Station (学駅, Gaku-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 "B12".[1][2]
Gaku Station 学駅 | |||||
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 Gaku Station in 2010 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Kawashimachogaku, Yoshinogawa-shi, Tokushima-ken 779-3306 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 34°03′27″N 134°17′11″E / 34.0576°N 134.2864°E | ||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Shikoku | ||||
| Line(s) | ■ Tokushima Line | ||||
| Distance | 42.7 km from Tsukuda | ||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||
| Tracks | 2 + 1 siding | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||
| Accessible | No - platforms linked by footbridge | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Unstaffed (since 2010) | ||||
| Station code | B12 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 23 December 1899 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2014 | 268 | ||||
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Lines
editGaku Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 42.7 km from the beginning of the line at Tsukuda. Only local trains stop at the station.[3]
Layout
editThe station consists of two opposed side platforms serving 2 tracks. The station building has been unstaffed since 2010[4] and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the opposite platform is by means of a footbridge. A siding branches off track 1 and ends near the station building.[2][5][6]
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Tokushima Line | for Kamojima and Tokushima |
| 2 | ■ Tokushima Line | for Anabuki and Awa-Ikeda |
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokushima Line | ||||
| Limited Express Tsurugisan: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Yamase | Local | Awa-Kawashima | ||
History
editGaku Station was opened on 23 December 1899 by the privately-run Tokushima Railway as an intermediate station when the track was extended from Awa-Kawashima to Yamase. When the company was nationalized on 1 September 1907Ţ, 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.[7][8]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 268 passengers daily.
Surrounding area
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ a b "学" [Gaku]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ "Gaku Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ "JR四国 駅業務体制の見直しについて" [Revision of station business system]. JR Shikoku. 21 June 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-06-25. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ "学駅" [Gaku Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ 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. 38, 83. ISBN 9784062951609.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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