Gaku Station | |
Native Name: | 学駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Kawashimachogaku, Yoshinogawa-shi, Tokushima-ken 779-3306 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR Shikoku |
Line: | Tokushima Line |
Distance: | 42.7 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 + 1 siding |
Structure: | At grade |
Accessible: | No - platforms linked by footbridge |
Code: | B12 |
Status: | Unstaffed (since 2010) |
Passengers: | 268 |
Pass Year: | FY2014 |
Map Type: | Japan Tokushima Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Gaku Station |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yoshinogawa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B12".[1]
Gaku Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 42.7 km from the beginning of the line at . Only local trains stop at the station.[2]
The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving 2 tracks. The station building has been unstaffed since 2010[3] and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the opposite platform is by means of a footbridge. A siding branches off track 1 and ends near the station building.[4] [5] [6]
Gaku Station was opened on 23 December 1899 by the privately-run Tokushima Railway as an intermediate station when the track was extended from to . When the company was nationalized on 1 September 1907Ţ, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station and operated it as part of the Tokushima Line (later the Tokushima Main Line). With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Shikoku. On 1 June 1988, the line was renamed the Tokushima Line.
In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 268 passengers daily.