Jizōbashi Station

Jizōbashi Station (地蔵橋駅, Jizōbashi-eki) is a railway station on the Mugi Line in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "M04".[1][2]

Jizōbashi Station

地蔵橋駅
Jizōbashi Station in September 2015
LocationNishibari Nishizukachō, Tokushima-shi, Tokushima-ken 770-8024
Japan
Coordinates34.0263°N 134.5474°E / 34.0263; 134.5474
Operated by JR Shikoku
Line(s)■ Mugi Line
Distance6.0 km from Tokushima
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessYes - platform accessed by ramp
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeM04
History
Opened20 April 1913 (1913-04-20)
Location
Jizōbashi Station
Location within Japan

History

Niken'ya was opened on 20 April 1913 as an intermediate station on a stretch of track laid down by the Awa National Joint Steamship Company (阿波国共同汽船, Awa-koku kyōdō kisen) between Tokushima and the port at Komatsushima (where the rail facilities are now closed). After the company was nationalized in 1 September 1917, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station and operated it as part of the Komatsushima Light Railway and later, the Komatsushima Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Shikoku took over control of the station.[3][4]

Lines

Jizōbashi is served by the Mugi Line and is located 6.0 km from the beginning of the line at Tokushima.[5] Only local trains stop at the station.[6]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. The station building is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. The present track was once track 2 of two tracks being served by an island platform. The trackbed of the now removed track 1 runs on the other side of the platform. A paved path from the station building crosses this old trackbed to a ramp which gives access to the platform.[2][7][5]

  • Platform and track of Jizōbashi Station. Note the trackbed of the former track 1 on the other side of the platform and the path from the station building which crosses it. The track kinks in the distance, indicating it once merged with the former track 1 over there.

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Mugi Line
Limited Express Muroto: Does not stop at this station
Bunkanomori   Local   Chūden

See also

References
  1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. "地蔵橋" [Jizōbashi Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. 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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 659. ISBN 4533029809.
  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). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 217. ISBN 4533029809.
  5. 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. 40, 71. ISBN 9784062951609.
  6. "Jizōbashi Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  7. "地蔵橋駅" [Jizōbashi Station Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
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