Chikanaga Station

Chikanaga Station (近永駅, Chikanaga-eki) is a railway station on the Yodo Line in Kihoku, Kitauwa District, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "G40".^[1][2]

Chikanaga Station 近永駅
Platform of Chikanaga Station in 2010
General information
Location	Chikanaga, Kihoku-chō, Kitauwa-gun, Ehime-ken 798-2101 Japan
Coordinates	33°15′20″N 132°40′33″E
Operated by	JR Shikoku
Line(s)	■ Yodo Line
Distance	60.4 km from Wakai
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Bike shed
Accessible	No - steps needed to reach platform
Other information
Status	Kan'i itaku station
Station code	G40
History
Opened	18 October 1914 (1914-10-18)
Location Chikanaga Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by JR Shikoku's Yodo Line and is located 60.4 km from Wakai.^[3][4]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform served by two tracks. By the side of one track, a station building is located with a waiting and ticket window operated by a kan'i itaku contractor. The island platform is reached by crossing one track along a paved walkway and then climbing up some steps. Parking lots, a bike shed and a public telephone call box are located outside the building.^[1][5][6]

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  View of station looking in the direction of Fukata. In the centre can be seen the path used to cross the track to access the platform from the station building.
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  View of the station building facade

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yodo Line
Izume		-	Fukata

History

The station opened on 18 October 1914 as the terminus of a narrow-gauge line from Uwajima owned by the Uwajima Railway (宇和島鉄道). It became a through-station on 12 December 1923 when the line was extended to Yoshino (later renamed Yoshinobu). With the nationalization of the Uwajima Railway on 1 August 1933, the station came under the control of Japanese Government Railways (JGR), later becoming Japanese National Railways (JNR). Subsequently, with the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control passed to JR Shikoku.^[4][7]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "近永" [Chikanaga]. yodosen-green.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
2. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
3. "Chikanaga Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
4. 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. p. 215. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
5. "近永" [Chikanaga]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
6. "近永駅" [Chikanaga Station]. sanyukai.sakura.ne.jp. Retrieved 7 December 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
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. pp. 646–647. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.