Sanuki-Aioi Station (讃岐相生駅, Sanuki-Aioi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Higashikagawa, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "T09".[1][2]

Lines

Sanuki-Aioi Station is served by the JR Shikoku Kōtoku Line and is located 47.6 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu.[3] Only local services stop at the station.[4]

Layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. The station building is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the opposite platform is by means of a footbridge. It is also possible to access platform 2 from a road running behind it by means of a short flight of steps.[2][3][5]

  • A view of the station platforms and tracks, looking in the direction of Tokushima.
    A view of the station platforms and tracks, looking in the direction of Tokushima.

History

Sanuki-Aioi 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

  • Sakamoto Beach
  • Osaka Pass

See also

References

  1. ^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "讃岐相生" [Sanuki-Aioi]. 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. 33, 68. ISBN 9784062951609.
  4. ^ "Sanuki-Aioi Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  5. ^ "讃岐相生駅" [Sanuki-Aioi Station]. shikoku.org.uk. 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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