Kiki Station (木岐駅, Kiki-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Minami, Kaifu District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "M19".[1][2]

Lines

Kiki Station is served by the Mugi Line and is located 47.2 km from the beginning of the line at Tokushima.[3] Only local trains stop at the station.[4]

Layout

The station consists of one side platform serving a single track on an embankment. There is no station building, only a shelter on the platform for passengers. A ramp and a flight of steps lead up to the platform from the access road. Near the base of the ramp is a disused shelter that once housed a ticket window.[2][3][5]

  • The disused ticket window shelter at the base of the embankment. In the foreground can be seen the ramp leading to the platform.
    The disused ticket window shelter at the base of the embankment. In the foreground can be seen the ramp leading to the platform.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Mugi Line
Limited Express Muroto: Does not stop at this station
  Local   Kitagawachi

History

Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened Kiki Station on 14 December 1939 as an intermediate station when the track of the Mugi Line was extended from Awa-Fukui to Hiwasa. On 1 April 1987, with the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, JR Shikoku took over control of the station.[6][7]

Surrounding area

Kiki is a settlement centered on the fishing industry, and private houses are gathered on the narrow flat land at the mouth of the Kiki River.

  • Kiki Fisheries Cooperative
  • Minami Municipal Kiki Elementary School
  • Minami Municipal Kiki Public Hall

See also

References

  1. ^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "木岐" [Kiki Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 12 February 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. 42, 74. ISBN 9784062951609.
  4. ^ "Kiki Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  5. ^ "木岐駅" [Kiki Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 12 February 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. 661. 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. p. 217. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

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