Kokubu Station (国分駅, Kokubu-eki) is a railway station on the Yosan Line in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "Y04".[1][2]
Kokubu Station 国分駅 | |
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Kokubu Station in 2011 | |
General information | |
Location | Kokubunjicho Kokubu, Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa-ken 769-0102 Japan |
Coordinates | 34°18′02″N 133°56′30″E |
Operated by | ![]() |
Line(s) | ■ Yosan Line |
Distance | 11.9 km from Takamatsu |
Platforms | 2 side platforms |
Tracks | 2 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At grade |
Other information | |
Status | Unstaffed |
Station code | Y04 |
History | |
Opened | 21 February 1897 (1897-02-21) |
Location | |
![]() ![]() Kokubu Station Location within Japan |
The station is served by the JR Shikoku Yosan Line and is located 11.9 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu.[3] Yosan line local, Rapid Sunport, and Nanpū Relay services stop at the station. Some trains of the Marine Liner rapid service on the Seto-Ohashi Line between Okayama and Takamatsu also stop at the station. Although Tadotsu is the official start of the Dosan Line, some of its local trains start from and return to Takamatsu. These trains also stop at Kokubu.[4]
The station consists of two opposed side platform serving two tracks. A concrete station building serve as a waiting room. Access to the opposite platform is by means of a footbridge. The station is unstaffed but a "Tickets Corner" (a small shelter housing an automatic ticket vending machine) is provided. In addition there is a siding serving a disused freight platform.[2][3][5]
« | Service | » | ||
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Yosan Line | ||||
Limited Express Uzushio: Does not stop at this station | ||||
Hashioka | Rapid Sunport | Kamogawa | ||
Hashioka | Rapid Nanpū Relay | Kamogawa | ||
Hashioka | Local | Sanuki-Fuchū | ||
Dosan Line | ||||
Hashioka | Local | Sanuki-Fuchū | ||
Seto-Ōhashi Line | ||||
Hashioka | Rapid Marine Liner | Kamogawa |
The station opened on 21 February 1897 as an intermediate stop when the track of the privately Sanuki Railway (later the Sanyo Railway) was extended from Marugame to Takamatsu. After the railway as nationalized on 1 December 1906, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over the station and operated it as part of the Sanuki Line (later the Sanyo and then the Yosan Main Line). With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR, the successor of JGR) on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.[6][7]
Stations of the JR Shikoku Yosan Line | |
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Branches (via Uchiko Line)
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