Sadamitsu Station

Sadamitsu Station (貞光駅, Sadamitsu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Tsurugi, Mima District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B18".^[1][2]

Sadamitsu Station 貞光駅
Sadamitsu Station, 2022
General information
Location	Umadashi Sadamitsu, Tsurugi-chō, Mima-gun, Tokushima-ken 779-4100 Japan
Coordinates	34°02′23″N 134°03′34″E
Operated by	JR Shikoku
Line(s)	■ Tokushima Line
Distance	19.4 km from Tsukuda
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2 + 1 siding + 1 passing loop
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	Yes - island platform accessed by level crossing and ramp
Other information
Status	Kan'i itaku ticket window
Station code	B18
History
Opened	25 March 1914 (1914-03-25)
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Lines

Sadamitsu Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 19.4 km from the beginning of the line at Tsukuda. Besides local trains, the Tsurugisan limited express service also stops at Sadamitsu.^[3]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving 2 tracks. A siding and a passing loop branch off track 2. Access to the island platform from the station building is by means of a level crossing and ramp.^[2][4][5] The station is unstaffed by JR Shikoku but a tenant has leased part of the building for office space and operates the ticket window (equipped with a POS ticket machine) as a kan'i itaku agent.^[6][7]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
JR Limited Express Services
Anabuki		Tsurugisan		Awa-Kamo
Tokushima Line
Awa-Handa		Local		Oshima

History

Sadamitsu Station was opened on 25 March 1914 as one of several intermediate stations built when Japanese Government Railways (JGR) extended the track of the Tokushima Main Line from Awa-Yamakawa to Awa-Ikeda. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor to JGR, on 1 April 1987, Sadamitsu came under the control of JR Shikoku. On 1 June 1988, the line was renamed the Tokushima Line.^[8][9]

Surrounding area

• Tokushima Prefectural Tsurugi High School
• Tsurugi Town Hall
• Tsurugi Municipal Sadamitsu Elementary School
• Tsurugi Municipal Sadamitsu Junior High School

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
2. "貞光駅" [Sadamitsu]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
3. "Sadamitsu Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
4. "貞光駅" [Sadamitsu Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 5 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. "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. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
7. "貞光駅" [Sadamitsu Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 5 February 2018. See images of tickets sold.
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. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 657. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
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.

External links

• JR Shikoku timetable