Eguchi Station (江口駅, Eguchi-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 "B20".[1][2]
Eguchi Station 江口駅 | |||||
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![]() Eguchi Station in August 2008 | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | Nakasho, Higashimiyoshi, Miyoshi-gun, Tokushima-ken 779-4703 Japan | ||||
Coordinates | 34°02′14″N 133°58′26″E / 34.0372°N 133.9740°E | ||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||
Line(s) | ■ Tokushima Line | ||||
Distance | 11.2 km from Tsukuda | ||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||
Tracks | 2 + 1 siding | ||||
Construction | |||||
Structure type | At grade on sidehill cutting | ||||
Accessible | No - underpass with steps needed to access island platform | ||||
Other information | |||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||
Station code | B20 | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 25 March 1914 | ||||
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Lines
editEguchi Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 11.2 km from the start of the line at Tsukuda. Only local trains stop at the station.[3]
Layout
editThe station consists of an island platform serving two tracks located on a sidehill cutting. A siding branches off track 1. The station building, located at a lower level than the tracks, is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Outside the station building is the entrance to an underpass with steps which leads to the island platform.[2][4][5]
Platforms
edit1 | ■ Tokushima Line | for Anabuki and Tokushima |
2 | ■ Tokushima Line | for Awa-Ikeda |
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A view of the station platforms. The siding can be seen branching off to the left of the picture.
Adjacent stations
edit« | Service | » | ||
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Tokushima Line | ||||
Limited Express Tsurugisan: Does not stop at this station | ||||
Mikamo | Local | Awa-Handa |
History
editEguchi Station 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, Eguchi came under the control of JR Shikoku. On 1 June 1988, the line was renamed the Tokushima Line.[6][7]
Surrounding area
edit- Yoshino River
- Higashimiyoshi Bridge
- Miyoshi City Mino Branch
- Rinka-ji Temple (Ohana Daigongen)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ a b "江口" [Eguchi]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Eguchi Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "江口駅" [Eguchi Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. 657. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ 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.