Ishii Station (Tokushima)

Ishii Station (石井駅, Ishii-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Ishii, Myōzai District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B05".^[1][2]

Ishii Station 石井駅
Ishii Station in 2010
General information
Location	Ishii, Ishii-chō, Myōzai-gun, Tokushima-ken 779-3233 Japan
Coordinates	34°04′13″N 134°26′38″E
Operated by	JR Shikoku
Line(s)	■ Tokushima Line
Distance	58.6 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	Staffed - JR ticket window
Station code	B05
History
Opened	16 February 1899 (1899-02-16)
Passengers
FY2018	2006
Location Ishii Station Location within Tokushima Prefecture Show map of Tokushima Prefecture Ishii Station Ishii Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Ishii Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 58.6 km from the beginning of the line at Tsukuda. Besides local service trains, the Tsurugisan limited express service also stops at Kuramoto.^[3]

Layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving 2 tracks. Track 2 is the through-track while track 1 is a passing loop. A siding branches off track 1. A station building houses a waiting room and a JR ticket window (without a Midori no Madoguchi facility).^[4] Access to the opposite platform is by means of a footbridge.^[2][5][6]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
JR Limited Express Services
Kamojima		Tsurugisan		Kuramoto
Tokushima Line
Shimoura		Local		Kō

History

Ishii Station was opened on 16 February 1899 by the privately run Tokushima Railway as an intermediate station when a line was built between Tokushima and Kamojima. 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). 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.^[7][8]

Surrounding area

• Ishii Town Hall
• Ishiicho Central Community Center
• Tokushima Prefectural Myozai High School
• Ishii Municipal Ishii Junior High School

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
2. "石井" [Ishii]. hacchi-no-he.net. Archived from the original on 30 April 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
3. "Ishii Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
4. "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
5. "石井駅" [Ishii Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
6. 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, 84. ISBN 9784062951609.
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. 654–5. 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. 215–216. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

External links

• JR Shikoku timetable