Awa-Kamo Station

Awa-Kamo Station (阿波加茂駅, Awa-Kamo-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Higashimiyoshi, Miyoshi District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B22".^[1][2]

Awa-Kamo Station 阿波加茂駅
Awa-Kamo Station in August 2008
General information
Location	Kamo, Higashimiyoshi, Miyoshi-gun, Tokushima-ken 779-4701 Japan
Coordinates	34°02′12″N 133°55′38″E
Operated by	JR Shikoku
Line(s)	■ Tokushima Line
Distance	6.6 km from Tsukuda
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2 + 2 sidings
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	No - island platform accessed by footbridge
Other information
Status	Unstaffed but some types of tickets available from kan'i itaku agent onsite
Station code	B22
History
Opened	25 March 1914 (1914-03-25)
Passengers
FY2014	242
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Lines

Awa-Kamo Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 6.6 km from the beginning of the line at Tsukuda. Besides local trains, the Tsurugisan limited express service also stops at Awa-Kamo.^[3]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. Two sidings branch off the main tracks. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.^[2][4][5] JR Shikoku closed its ticket window in 2010^[6] but a municipal information centre was set on the station premises in 2012 who sells some types of tickets as a kan'i itaku agent.^[7]

Platforms

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

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  A view of the station platforms and tracks. The siding can be seen to the left.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
JR Limited Express Services
Awa-Ikeda		Tsurugisan		Sadamitsu
Tokushima Line
Tsuji		Local		Mikamo

History

Awa-Kamo 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, Awa-Kamo came under the control of JR Shikoku. On 1 June 1988, the line was renamed the Tokushima Line.^[8][9]

In 2012, the local municipal authority set up the Sakura Hiroba Kamo Interaction Centre (加茂ふれあい館さくらひろば, Kamo fureaikan sakura hiroba) which has pamphlets of local attractions, offers bicycle rentals, sells local products and also sells some types of train tickets.^[10]

Surrounding area

• Japan National Route 192
• Higashimiyoshi Town Hall

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
2. "阿波加茂" [Awa-Kamo]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
3. "Awa-Kamo Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
4. "阿波加茂駅" [Awa-Kamo Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 6 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, 82. ISBN 9784062951609.
6. "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 25 June 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
7. "阿波加茂駅" [Awa-Kamo Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 7 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. 658. 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.
10. "東みよし町加茂ふれあい館さくらひろば" [East Miyoshi Town Kamo Interaction Centre Sakura Hiroba]. Tokushima Prefecture Tourist Information Website "Awa Navi". Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.

External links

• JR Shikoku timetable