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Kawata Station
Railway station in Yoshinogawa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kawata Station (川田駅, Kawata-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 "B15".[1][2]
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Lines
Kawata Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 34.8 km from the beginning of the line at Tsukuda. Only local trains stop at the station.[3]
Layout
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. A passing loop runs between the station building and track 1. The station building is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][4][5]
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Tokushima Line | for Sako and Tokushima |
| 2 | ■ Tokushima Line | for Tsukuda and Awa-Ikeda |
Adjacent stations
History
An earlier station at a different location but named "Kawada" (with the same Kanji name 川田駅) had been established by the private Tokushima Railway on 28 August 1907. After the company was nationalized on 1 September 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the stations and operated it as part of the Tokushima Line (later the Tokushima Main Line) from Tokushima to Awa-Yamakawa (then known as Yudate), Kawada and Funato. On 25 March 1914, JGR extended the track to Awa-Ikeda. In the process, Kawada and Funato were closed and Kawata was opened as a new station 1.3 km further to the west than Kawada. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor to 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]
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Surrounding area
The area around the station is the center of former Kawada Town
- Kawada Post Office
- Yoshinogawa City Kawadanishi Elementary School
See also
References
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