Awa-Handa Station (阿波半田駅, Awa-Handa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the Handa neighborhood of the town of Tsurugi, Mima District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B19".[1][2]
Awa-Handa Station 阿波半田駅 | |
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Awa-Handa Station in September 2006 | |
General information | |
Location | Handa, Tsurugi-chō, Mima-gun, Tokushima-ken 779-4100 Japan |
Coordinates | 34°02′27″N 134°02′11″E |
Operated by | ![]() |
Line(s) | ■ Tokushima Line |
Distance | 17.2 km from Tsukuda |
Platforms | 1 side platform |
Tracks | 1 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At grade |
Disabled access | Yes - ramp to platform |
Other information | |
Status | Unstaffed |
Station code | B19 |
History | |
Opened | 25 March 1914 (1914-03-25) |
Passengers | |
FY2014 | 88 |
Location | |
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Awa-Handa Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 17.2 km from the beginning of the line at Tsukuda. Only local trains stop at the station.[3]
The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. On the other side of the side platform, the traces of a former track bed can be seen, showing that it was once an island platform but track 1 has now been removed. The station building is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. A path and ramp leads to the platform.[2][4][5] A shop opposite the station sells some types of tickets as a kan'i itaku agent.[6]
« | Service | » | ||
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Tokushima Line | ||||
Limited Express Tsurugisan: Does not stop at this station | ||||
Eguchi | Local | Sadamitsu |
Awa-Handa Station was opened on 25 March 1914 as one of several intermediate stations built when Japanese Government Railways (JGR) extended the track of the Tokushima Main Line from Awa-Yamakawa to Awa-Ikeda. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor to JGR, on 1 April 1987, Awa-Handa came under the control of JR Shikoku. On 1 June 1988, the line was renamed the Tokushima Line.[7][8]
Stations of the JR Shikoku Tokushima Line | |
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