Takihama Station

Takihama Station (多喜浜駅, Takihama-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Niihama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "Y28".^[1][2]

Y28 Takihama Station 多喜浜駅
Takihama Station in 2014
General information
Location	2-2 Matano, Niihama-shi, Ehime-ken 792-0882 Japan
Coordinates	33°58′14″N 133°19′27″E
Operated by	JR Shikoku
Line(s)	■ Yosan Line
Distance	99.4 km from Takamatsu
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2 + several sidings
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	No - island platform accessed by footbridge
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	Y28
History
Opened	21 June 1921 (1921-06-21)
Passengers
FY2019	156
Location Takihama Station Location within Ehime Prefecture Show map of Ehime Prefecture Takihama Station Takihama Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Takihama Station is served by the JR Shikoku Yosan Line and is located 99.4 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu.^[3] Yosan line local, Rapid Sunport, and Nanpū Relay services stop at the station.^[4]

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of an island platform serving two tracks. The station building houses a waiting room and a shop. A footbridge leads to the island platform where there is an enclosed shelter for waiting passengers.^[2][5][6] There is a passing siding to the north of the island platform (between the station building and the island platform) and two dead-end sidings which branch off the main tracks.^[3]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yosan Line
Sekigawa		Rapid Sunport	Niihama
Sekigawa		Nanpū Relay	Niihama
Sekigawa		Local	Niihama

History

Takihama Station opened on 21 June 1921 as an intermediate stop on the then Sanuki Line which had been extended westwards from Iyo-Doi to Iyo-Saijo. 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]

Surrounding area

• Niihama City Hall Kawahigashi Branch
• Niihama Municipal Kamisato Elementary School
• Niihama Municipal Kawahigashi Junior High School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
2. "多喜浜" [Takihama]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
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2巻 四国西部エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 2 Western Shikoku] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 11, 66. ISBN 9784062951616.
4. "Takihama Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
5. "多喜浜駅" [Takihama Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
6. "多喜浜" [Takihama]. sanyukai.sakura.ne.jp. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
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. 635. 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. 213–215. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

External links

• Station timetable

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