Ushinoshima Station (牛島駅, Ushinoshima-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yoshinogawa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B07".[1][2]

Lines

Ushinoshima Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 53.8 km from the beginning of the line at Tsukuda. Only local trains stop at the station.[3]

Layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two track. The station building is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the opposite platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][4][5]

Platforms

1 ■ Tokushima Line for Anabuki and Awa-Ikeda
2 ■ Tokushima Line for Sako and Tokushima

Adjacent stations

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

History

Ushinoshima Station was opened on 16 February 1899 by the privately run Tokushima Railway as an intermediate station when a line was built between Tokushima and Kamojima. When the company was nationalized on 1 September 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station and operated it as part of the Tokushima Line (later the 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 2014, the station was used by an average of 267 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "牛島" [Ushinoshima]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Ushinoshima Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  4. ^ "牛島駅" [Ushinoshima Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 3 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. 38, 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. p. 655. 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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