Akui Station (鮎喰駅, Akui-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B03".[1][2]

Lines

Akui Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 64.5 km from the beginning of the line at Tsukuda. Only trains from the local service stop at the station.[3]

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track on an embankment. There is no station building, only a shelter on the platform for waiting passengers. A flight of steps leads up the embankment to the platform from the access road. At the base of the steps is a "tickets corner" (a shelter housing a ticket vending machine), a public telephone call box and a paved area for the parking of bicycles.[2][4][5]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tokushima Line
Limited Express Tsurugisan: Does not stop at this station
Kō   Local   Kuramoto

History

The station was opened on 20 September 1934 by Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on the then 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.[6][7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 233 passengers daily[8]

Surrounding area

The area around the station is a residential area on the outskirts of Tokushima city.

  • Tokushima Prefectural Josei High School
  • Tokushima City Kamona Elementary School
  • Tokushima City Kamona Junior High Scho

See also

References

  1. ^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "鮎喰" [Akui]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Akui Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  4. ^ "鮎喰駅" [Akui Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  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. 36, 84. ISBN 9784062951609.
  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. pp. 651, 654. 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.
  8. ^ 平成30年版　徳島市統計年報 [2018 edition Tokushima City Statistics Annual Report] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokushima city. 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

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