Sadamitsu Station | |
Native Name: | 貞光駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Umadashi Sadamitsu, Tsurugi-chō, Mima-gun, Tokushima-ken 779-4100 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR Shikoku |
Line: | Tokushima Line |
Distance: | 19.4 km from |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 2 + 1 siding + 1 passing loop |
Structure: | At grade |
Accessible: | Yes - island platform accessed by level crossing and ramp |
Code: | B18 |
Status: | Kan'i itaku ticket window |
Map Type: | Japan Tokushima Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Sadamitsu Station |
is a passenger railway station located in the town of Tsurugi, Mima District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B18".[1]
Sadamitsu Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 19.4 km from the beginning of the line at . Besides local trains, the Tsurugisan limited express service also stops at Sadamitsu.[2]
The station consists of an island platform serving 2 tracks. A siding and a passing loop branch off track 2. Access to the island platform from the station building is by means of a level crossing and ramp.[3] [4] [5] The station is unstaffed by JR Shikoku but a tenant has leased part of the building for office space and operates the ticket window (equipped with a POS ticket machine) as a kan'i itaku agent.[6] [7]
Sadamitsu Station was opened on 25 March 1914 as one of several intermediate stations built when Japanese Government Railways (JGR) extended the track of the Tokushima Main Line from to . With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor to JGR, on 1 April 1987, Sadamitsu came under the control of JR Shikoku. On 1 June 1988, the line was renamed the Tokushima Line.