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Awa-Yamakawa Station

is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yoshinogawa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B14".

Lines

Awa-Yamakawa Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 37.7 km from the beginning of the line at . Besides local trains, trains of the Tsurugisan limited express service between and also stop at Awa-Yamakawa.

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. The station building is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. There are some steps at the entrance to the station building and a further flight of steps is needed to reach the platform, rendering the station inaccessible to wheelchair users.

Adjacent stations

History

The station was opened on 7 August 1900 as by the privately run Tokushima Railway. It was an intermediate station along a track extension from to Kawada and Funato (both now closed). 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). On 1 April 1957, Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, changed the name of the station to Awa-Yamakawa. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Shikoku. On 1 June 1988, the line was renamed the Tokushima Line.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 381 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

  • Yoshinogawa City Yamakawa Government Building
  • Yoshinogawa City Yamakawa Library
  • Yoshinogawa City Yamakawa Junior High School

See also

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