Kamojima Station

Kamojima Station (鴨島駅, Kamojima-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 "B09".^[1][2]

Kamojima Station 鴨島駅
Kamojima Station in 2008
General information
Location	Kamojimacho Kamojima, Yoshinogawa-shi, Tokushima-ken 776-0010 Japan
Coordinates	34°04′26″N 134°21′22″E
Operated by	JR Shikoku
Line(s)	■ Tokushima Line
Distance	50.0 km from Tsukuda
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2 + 2 sidings
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Available
Accessible	No - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
Status	Staffed - JR ticket window
Station code	B09
Website	Official website
History
Opened	16 February 1899 (1899-02-16)
Passengers
FY2018	1850
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Lines

Kamojima Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 50.0 km from the beginning of the line at Tsukuda. Besides local service trains, the Tsurugisan limited express service also stops at Kamojima.^[3]

Layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving 2 tracks. A passing loop runs on the other side of platform 2 while a siding runs on the other side of platform 1, ending near the station building. The station building houses a shop, waiting room, a JR ticket window (without a Midori no Madoguchi facility) and a JR travel centre (Warp Plaza). Access to the opposite platform is by means of an old-style roofed footbridge.^[2][4][5][6]

Platforms

1	■ Tokushima Line	for Anabuki and Awa-Ikeda
2	■ Tokushima Line	for Sako and Tokushima

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
JR Limited Express Services
Awa-Kawashima		Tsurugisan		Ishii
Tokushima Line
Nishi-Oe		Local		Oezuka

History

The station was opened on 16 February 1899 by the privately run Tokushima Railway as the terminus of a line from Tokushima. It became a through-station on 19 August 1899 when the line was extended to Awa-Kawashima. 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.^[7][8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1850 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

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

• Yoshinogawa City Kamojima Elementary School
• Kamojima Health Center
• Yoshinogawa City Hall

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
2. "鴨島" [Kamojima]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
3. "Kamojima Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
4. "鴨島駅" [Kamojima Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 3 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. 38, 84. ISBN 9784062951609.
6. "鴨島駅" [Kamojima]. JR Shikoku Official Station Website. Retrieved 3 February 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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 655. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 215–216. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

External links

• JR Shikoku officialhome page