Takamatsu Station (Kagawa)

Takamatsu Station (高松駅, Takamatsu-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "Y00" and "T28" .[1]

Y00T28
Takamatsu Station

高松駅
Takamatsu Station in March 2024
General information
Location1-20 Hamano-chō, Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture
Japan
Coordinates34°21′03″N 134°02′47″E / 34.350781°N 134.046472°E / 34.350781; 134.046472
Operated byThe logo of Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku). JR Shikoku
Line(s)
Platforms4 bay platforms
Tracks9
Connections
  • Bus interchange Bus terminal
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Station codeY00 (Yosan Line)
T28 (Kotoku Line)
History
Opened21 February 1897; 127 years ago (1897-02-21)
Passengers
FY20199,285
Services
Preceding station The logo of Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku). JR Shikoku Following station
Kōzai
Y01
towards Uwajima
Yosan Line Terminus
Terminus Kōtoku Line Shōwachō
T27
towards Tokushima
Location
Takamatsu Station is located in Kagawa Prefecture
Takamatsu Station
Takamatsu Station
Location within Kagawa Prefecture
Takamatsu Station is located in Japan
Takamatsu Station
Takamatsu Station
Takamatsu Station (Japan)

Lines edit

The station is terminus of the JR Shikoku Yosan Line and is located 297.6 km from the opposing terminus of the line at Uwajima. It is also the terminus of the JR Shikoku Kōtoku Line and is 74.5 kilometers from the terminus of that line at Tokushima.[2]

Layout edit

Takamatsu Station is an above-ground station with four bay platforms serving nine tracks. As the platforms all dead head, the station building is located at the end, allowing barrier-free access. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[2][3]

Ground-level platforms edit

1・2      Kōtoku Line Ritsurin, Shido, Sambommatsu, Tokushima
3      Limited Express Uzushio Ritsurin, Shido, Sanbommatsu, Tokushima
     Kōtoku Line Ritsurin, Shido, Sanbommatsu, Tokushima
4      Yosan Line      Dosan Line (direct) Sakaide, Utazu, Tadotsu, Kan'onji, Kotohira
5      Limited Express Uzushio Utazu・Kojima, Okayama
     Rapid Marine Liner Sakaide, Kojima, Chayamachi, Okayama
     Yosan Line      Dosan Line (Local) Sakaide, Tadotsu, Kotohira
6      Limited Express Shimanto Kotohira, Awa-IkedaKōchi
     Rapid Marine Liner Sakaide, Kojima, Chayamachi Station, Okayama
     Yosan Line      Dosan Line (direct) Sakaide, Tadotsu, Kanonji, Kotohira
7      Limited Express Ishizuchi Kan'onji, Iyo-Saijō, Matsuyama, Uwajima
     Yosan Line      Dosan Line (direct) Sakaide, Tadotsu, Kanonji, Kotohira
8      Limited Express Shimanto Kotohira, Awa-ikeda, Kochi, Nakamura
     Yosan Line      Dosan Line (direct) Sakaide, Tadotsu, Kanonji, Kotohira
     Rapid Marine Liner Sakaide, Kojima, Chayamachi Station, Okayama
9      Yosan Line      Dosan Line (direct) Sakaide, Tadotsu, Kanonji, Kotohira
     Overnight Limited Express Sleeper Sunrise Seto Okayama, Osaka, Tokyo

History edit

Takamatsu Station opened on 21 February 1897. With the privatization and dissolution of Japan National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of the newly created Japan Railways Shikoku (JR Shikoku).

Surrounding area edit

See also edit

References edit

  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. 19, 76. ISBN 9784062951609.
  3. ^ "香西駅" [Kōzai Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

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