Kurokawa Station (黒川駅, Kurokawa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Mannō, Nakatado District, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "D17".[1][2]

Lines

Kurokawa Station is served by JR Shikoku's Dosan Line and is located 21.6 km (13.4 mi) from the beginning of the line at Tadotsu.[3][4]

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track tracks on an embankment high above the surrounding farmland. There is no station building, only a shelter for waiting passengers. A flight of steps leads up from the access road to the platform and the station is thus not wheelchair accessible. There is a bike shed by the side of the access road.[1][5]

Adjacent stations

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Dosan Line
Shioiri   Local   Sanuki-Saida

History

Kurokawa Station opened on 1 October 1961 under the control of Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.[4][6]

Surrounding area

The station is located in a rural area surrounded by rice fields.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "土讃線　多度津－阿波池田間　その5" [Dosan Line Tadotsu - Awa-Ikeda Part 5]. kukanzeneki.net. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Kurokawa Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b 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. 664. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  5. ^ "黒川" [Kurokawa]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  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. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 217. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

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