Yamase Station

Yamase Station (山瀬駅, Yamase-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 "B13".^[1][2]

Yamase Station 山瀬駅
Yamase Station entrance in 2011
General information
Location	Yamakawacho Nishikubo, Yoshinogawa-shi, Tokushima-ken 779-3402 Japan
Coordinates	34°03′36″N 134°15′23″E
Operated by	JR Shikoku
Line(s)	■ Tokushima Line
Distance	39.9 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
Station code	B13
History
Opened	23 December 1899 (1899-12-23)
Previous names	Yamasaki Station (until 25 March 1914)
Passengers
FY2014	128
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Lines

Yamase Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 39.9 km from the beginning of the line at Tsukuda. Only local trains stop at the station.^[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 platform is by means of a footbridge. A siding branches off track 1 and ends near the station building.^[2][4][5]

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tokushima Line
Limited Express Tsurigisan: Does not stop at this station
Awa-Yamakawa		Local		Gaku

History

The station was opened on 23 December 1899 as Yamasaki Station (山崎駅, Yamasaki-eki) by the privately run Tokushima Railway as terminus of the line after the track had been extended from Awa-Kawashima. It became a through-station on 7 August 1900 when the track was further extended to Awa-Yamakawa. 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). On 25 March 1914, the name of the station was changed to Yamase. 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]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 128 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

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

• Japan National Route 192
• Yoshinogawa City Yamase Elementary School

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
2. "山瀬" [Yamase]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
3. "Yamase Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
4. "山瀬駅" [Yamase Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 4 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, 83. 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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 656. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
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. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 215–216. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

External links

• JR Shikoku timetable