Shōwachō Station (Kagawa)

Shōwachō Station (昭和町駅, Shōwachō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "T27".^[1][2]

T27 Shōwachō Station 昭和町駅
Shōwachō station in 2015
General information
Location	1-4 Shōwachō, Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture 760-0014 Japan
Coordinates	34°20′39″N 134°01′56″E
Operated by	JR Shikoku
Line(s)	Kōtoku Line
Distance	1.5 km (0.93 mi) from Takamatsu
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	Yes - ramp leads up to platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	T27
History
Opened	23 March 1987; 37 years ago (1987-03-23)
Passengers
FY2019	1,032
Services
Preceding station JR Shikoku Following station Takamatsu T28 Terminus Kōtoku Line Ritsurin-Kōen-Kitaguchi T26 towards Tokushima      Uzushio does not stop here
Location Shōwachō Station Location within Kagawa Prefecture Show map of Kagawa Prefecture Shōwachō Station Shōwachō Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

The station is served by the JR Shikoku Kōtoku Line and is located 1.5 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu.^[3] Only local services stop at the station.^[4]

Layout

Shōwachō Station consists of a side platform serving a single track. There is no station building and the station is unstaffed but a shelter is provided on the platform and a "Tickets Corner" (a small shelter housing an automatic ticket vending machine) is installed. A ramp leads up to the platform from the access road.^[2][3][5]

History

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened Shōwachō Station on 23 March 1987 as an additional stop on the existing Kōtoku Line. Just a few days later, on 1 April 1987, JNR was privatized and control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.^[6][7]

Surrounding area

• TKagawa University Saiwaimachi Campus (Headquarters/Faculty of Education/Faculty of Economics/Faculty of Law)
• Takamatsu City Historical Museum

Kan Kikuchi Memorial Museum

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
2. "昭和町" [Shōwachō]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
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. 20, 66. ISBN 9784062951609.
4. "Shōwachō Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
5. "昭和町駅" [Shōwachō Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
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. 648. 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

• Station timetable(in Japanese)