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Minawa Station

三縄駅
Minawa Station; 三縄駅
	Minawa Station in 2008
General information
Location	Ikedacho Nakanishi, Miyoshi, Tokushima Prefecture 779-5161; Japan
Coordinates	34°00′25″N 133°47′15″E / 34.0069°N 133.7876°E
Operated by	JR Shikoku
Line(s)	■ Dosan Line
Distance	47.8 km (29.7 mi) from Tadotsu
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Available
Accessible	No - footbridge needed to access one of the side platforms
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	D23
History
Opened	19 September 1931
Passengers
FY2019	30
Location
Location
	Minawa Station Location within Tokushima Prefecture Minawa Station Minawa Station (Japan)

Minawa Station (三縄駅, Minawa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Miyoshi, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "D23".^[1]^[2]

Lines

Minawa Station is served by the JR Shikoku Dosan Line and is located 47.8 km (29.7 mi) from the beginning of the line at Tadotsu.^[3]^[4]

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. A timber building connected to Platform 1 serves as a waiting room. A footbridge connects to Platform 2 across the tracks.^[2] Originally Platform 2 was an island platform with a third track on the other side but the track has now become a siding. Approaching Platform 1 from Iyaguchi, the track branches into another siding leading to an old freight platform.^[5]^[6]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Dosan Line
Awa-Ikeda		-	Iyaguchi

History

Minawa Station opened on 19 September 1931 as the terminus of the then Tokushima Main Line (now Tokushima Line). By 28 November 1938, the then Kōchi Line had been extended northwards from Iyaguchi. The stretch from Tadotsu to Suzaki was renamed the Dosan Line and Minawa became a station on this line and ceased to be part of the Tokushima Line. At this time the station was operated by Japanese Government Railways, later corporatised as Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.^[3]^[7]

Surrounding area

Tokushima Prefectural Road No. 268
Tokushima Prefectural Road No. 269
Kurozo Marsh
Miyoshi Bridge

References

^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b "三縄" [Minawa]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
^ ^a ^b 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. 665. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "Minawa Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
^ Kawashima, Ryōzō (2007). 全国鉄道事情大研究四国篇 [Indepth analysis of nationwide railway matters Shikoku edition] (in Japanese). Sōshisha. p. 113. ISBN 978-4-7942-1615-1.
^ 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. p. 46. ISBN 9784062951609.
^ 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. 217–218. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.