Kamogawa Station

Location
	Kamogawa Station Location within Kagawa Prefecture Kamogawa Station Kamogawa Station (Japan)

Y06
Kamogawa Station

鴨川駅
Y06; Kamogawa Station; 鴨川駅
	Kamogawa Station in 2017
General information
Location	6039-2 Fuchūchō, Sakaide-shi, Kagawa-ken 762-0024; Japan
Coordinates	34°18′24″N 133°54′19″E / 34.3068°N 133.9053°E
Operated by	JR Shikoku
Line(s)	■ Yosan Line
Distance	16.6 km from Takamatsu
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4 + 1 freight siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	Y06
History
Opened	21 February 1897
Passengers
FY2019	350
Location
Location
	Kamogawa Station Location within Kagawa Prefecture Kamogawa Station Kamogawa Station (Japan)

Kamogawa Station (鴨川駅, Kamogawa-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "Y06".^[1]^[2]

Lines

Kamogawa Station is served by the JR Shikoku Yosan Line and is located 16.6 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu.^[3] Yosan line local, Rapid Sunport, and Nanpū Relay services stop at the station. The Marine Liner rapid service on the Seto-Ohashi Line which plies between Okayama and Takamatsu also stops at the station. Although Tadotsu is the official start of the Dosan Line, some of its local trains start from and return to Takamatsu. These trains also stop at Kamogawa.^[4]

Layout

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. A concrete station building by the side of the tracks is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platforms is by means of a footbridge. In addition there is a siding serving a disused freight platform.^[2]^[3]^[5]

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Yosan Line
Kokubu	Rapid Sunport	Sakaide
Kokubu	Rapid Nanpū Relay	Sakaide
Sanuki-Fuchū	Local	Yasoba
Dosan Line
Sanuki-Fuchū	Local	Yasoba
Seto-Ōhashi Line
Kokubu	Rapid Marine Liner	Sakaide

History

Kamogawa Station opened on 21 February 1897 as an intermediate stop when the track of the privately Sanuki Railway (later the Sanyo Railway) was extended from Marugame to Takamatsu. After the railway as nationalized on 1 December 1906, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over the station and operated it as part of the Sanuki Line (later the Sanyo and then the Yosan Main Line). With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR, the successor of JGR) on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.^[6]^[7]

Surrounding area

Japan National Route 11

References

^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
^ ^a ^b "鴨川" [Sanuki-Shioya]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道四国・九州ライン全線・全駅・全配線・第1巻四国東部エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 1 Eastern Shikoku] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 16, 77. ISBN 9784062951609.
^ "Kamogawa Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
^ "鴨川駅" [Sanuki-Shioya Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 632. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 213–215. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.