Awa-Ōmiya Station (阿波大宮駅, Awa-Ōmiya-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Itano, Itano District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "T08".[1][2]

Lines

Awa-Ōmiya Station is served by the JR Shikoku Kōtoku Line and is located 53.2 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu.[3] Only local services stop at the station.[4]

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. The station building beside the tracks is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][3][5]

Platforms

1      Kōtoku Line for Itano and Tokushima
2      Kōtoku Line for Sambommatsu and Takamatsu
  • A view of the station platforms and tracks, looking in the direction of Takamatsu.
    A view of the station platforms and tracks, looking in the direction of Takamatsu.

History

Awa-Ōmiya Station was opened on 20 March 1935 as an intermediate stop when the Kōtoku Line was extended eastwards from Hiketa to link up with an existing track at Itano to establish a through-service to Sako. At that time the station was operated by Japanese Government Railways, later becoming Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.[6][7]

Surrounding area

The station located in the mountainous area on the way from central Itano to the crossing of Osaka Pass.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "阿波大宮" [Awa-Ōmiya]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b 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. 34, 68. ISBN 9784062951609.
  4. ^ "Awa-Ōmiya Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  5. ^ "阿波大宮駅" [Awa-Ōmiya Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 25 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. 649. 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.

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