Awa-Ōmiya Station | |
Native Name: | 阿波大宮駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR Shikoku |
Address: | Kawahigashi Ōsaka, Itano Town, Itano District, Tokushima Prefecture 779-0101 |
Country: | Japan |
Distance: | from |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 2 |
Structure: | At grade |
Accessible: | No - island platform accessed by footbrige |
Code: | T08 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 4 |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Tokushima Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Awa-Ōmiya Station |
is a passenger railway station located in the town of Itano, Itano District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "T08".[1]
Awa-Ōmiya Station is served by the JR Shikoku Kōtoku Line and is located 53.2 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu. Only local services stop at the station.[2]
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. The station building beside the tracks is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[3] [4] [5]
Awa-Ōmiya Station was opened on 20 March 1935 as an intermediate stop when the Kōtoku Line was extended eastwards from to link up with an existing track at to establish a through-service to . At that time the station was operated by Japanese Government Railways, later becoming Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.
The station located in the mountainous area on the way from central Itano to the crossing of Osaka Pass.