Ushinoshima Station | |
Native Name: | 牛島駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Kamojimacho Ushishima, Yoshinogawa-shi, Tokushima-ken 776-0001 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR Shikoku |
Line: | Tokushima Line |
Distance: | 53.8 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Structure: | At grade |
Accessible: | No - platforms linked by footbridge |
Code: | B07 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 267 |
Pass Year: | FY2014 |
Map Type: | Japan Tokushima Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Ushinoshima 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 "B07".[1]
Ushinoshima Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 53.8 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 two track. The station building is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the opposite platform is by means of a footbridge.[3] [4] [5]
Ushinoshima Station was opened on 16 February 1899 by the privately run Tokushima Railway as an intermediate station when a line was built between and . When the company was nationalized on 1 September 1907, 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 267 passengers daily.