Asakawa Station | |
Native Name: | 浅川駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR Shikoku |
Address: | Asakawa, Kaiyō Town, Kaifu District, Tokushima Prefecture 775-0101 |
Country: | Japan |
Distance: | from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Tracks: | 1 |
Structure: | At grade |
Parking: | Available |
Bicycle: | Bike shed |
Accessible: | No -steep access road to platform |
Code: | M26 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 8 |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Tokushima Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Asakawa Station |
is a passenger railway station located in the town of Kaiyō, Kaifu District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "M26".[1]
Asakawa Station is served by the Mugi Line and is located 75.4 km from the beginning of the line at . Only local trains stop at the station.[2]
The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. There is no station building, only a shelter on the platform for passengers. Like the previous station,, an access road slopes up steeply from National Route 55, giving direct access to the platform. At the base of the access road is a parking area, a bike shed, a public phone callbox and a toilet building.[3] [4] [5]
Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 1 October 1973 as an intermediate station when the track of the Mugi Line was extended from to . On 1 April 1987, with the privatization of JNR, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 8 passengers daily.