Utazu Station

Railway station in Utazu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
  • Bus interchange Bus terminal
ConstructionStructure typeElevatedOther informationStatusStaffed ( Midori no Madoguchi)Station codeY09HistoryOpened21 February 1897; 127 years ago (21 February 1897)PassengersFY20192164 Services
Preceding station The logo of Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku). JR Shikoku Following station
Marugame
Y10
towards Uwajima
 Yosan Line Sakaide
Y08
towards Takamatsu
Terminus Honshi-Bisan Line Kojima
towards
Limited Express
Kojima
Terminus
 Uzushio Takamatsu
Y00 T28
towards Tokushima
Track layout
Legend

to Sakaide Station
& Kojima Station

to Marugame Station

Location
Utazu Station is located in Kagawa Prefecture
Utazu Station
Utazu Station
Location within Kagawa Prefecture
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Utazu Station is located in Japan
Utazu Station
Utazu Station
Utazu Station (Japan)
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Utazu Station (宇多津駅, Utazu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Utazu, Ayauta District, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "Y09".[1]

Lines

The station is served by the JR Shikoku Yosan Line and is located 25.9 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu. Trains of Honshi Bisan Line (Seto Ohashi Line), also terminate at this station[2] All passenger trains on the Yosan Line, and trains that directly run between the Honshi Bisan Line and Tadotsu Station on the Yosan Line, stop at this station, except for some limited express trains and special trains in the early morning and at night.[3] At this station, the limited express trains ``Shiokaze/Ishizuchi, ``Minamifu/Shimanto, and ``Minamifu/Uzushio are divided and merged.

Layout

Utazu Station consists of two elevated island platforms serving four tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[2]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Honshi-Bisan Line
Rapid Marine Liner: Does not stop at this station
Sleeper Limited Express Sunrise Seto: Does not stop at this station
Kojima   Limited Express Uzushio / Shiokaze   Yosan Line
Yosan Line
Rapid Marine Liner: Does not stop at this station
Sleeper Limited Express Sunrise Seto: Does not stop at this station
Sakaide   Rapid Sun Port   Terminus

History

Utazu Station opened on 21 February 1897, as a station on the Sanuki Railway. The Sanuki Railway became part of the Sanyo Railway in 1904, and was nationalized in 1906. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.[4][5]

Surrounding area

  • Marugame Hirai Art Museum
  • Kagawa Junior College
  • Shikoku Medical College
  • Utazu Municipal Utazu Kita Elementary School

See also

References

  1. ^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ^ 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. 25, 77. ISBN 9784062951609.
  3. ^ "Sanuki-Shioya Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. ^ 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. 632. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  5. ^ 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. 213–215. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

External links

  • Station timetable

Media related to Utazu Station at Wikimedia Commons

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