Kuramoto Station (Tokushima)

Railway station in Tokushima, Japan

Kuramoto Station

蔵本駅

Kuramoto Station Entrance, May 2010

General information
Location| 2 Chome Kuramotochō, Tokushima-shi, Tokushima-ken 770-0042
Japan
Coordinates| 34°04′46″N 134°31′06″E﻿ / ﻿34.0794°N 134.5183°E﻿ / 34.0794; 134.5183
Operated by|  JR Shikoku
Line(s)| ■ Tokushima Line
Distance| 65.6 km from Tsukuda
Platforms| 2 side platforms
Tracks| 2 + several sidings
Construction
Structure type| At grade
Other information
Status| Unstaffed
Station code| B02
History
Opened| 12 September 1899 (1899-09-12)
Passengers
FY2019| 453

Location

Kuramoto Station

Location within Tokushima Prefecture

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Kuramoto Station

Kuramoto Station (Japan)

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Kuramoto Station (蔵本駅, Kuramoto-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B02".[1][2]

## Lines

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Kuramoto Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 65.6 km from the beginning of the line at Tsukuda. Besides local service trains, the Tsurugisan limited express service also stops at Kuramoto.[3]

## Layout

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The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving 2 tracks. The station building is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge. Several sidings branch off both tracks.[2][4][5]

### Platforms

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1 | ■ Tokushima Line  | for Anabuki and Awa-Ikeda
Sako and Tokushima

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2 | ■ Tokushima Line  | for passing trains only

* A view of the station platforms and tracks looking in the direction of Tsukuda.

## Adjacent stations

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« | Service  | »

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JR Limited Express Services
Ishii |  | Tsurugisan |  | Tokushima
Tokushima Line
Akui |  | Local  |  | Sako

## History

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The station was opened on 12 September 1899 by the privately run Tokushima Railway. 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.[6][7]

## Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 453 passengers daily[8]

## Surrounding area

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The station is located center of the western part of Tokushima city and is a student town centered on the Kuramoto Campus of Tokushima University. The area around the station is a cohesive commercial area. It is also where large-scale hospitals such as Tokushima University Hospital are concentrated.

* Tokushima University Hospital
* Tokushima Prefectural Central Hospital
* Tokushima Prefectural Medical Examination Center

## See also

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* List of railway stations in Japan

## References

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1. ^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
2. ^ a b "蔵本" [Kuramoto]. hacchi-no-he.net. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
3. ^ "Kuramoto Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
4. ^ "蔵本駅" [Kuramoto Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
5. ^ 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. 36, 84. ISBN 9784062951609.
6. ^ 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. pp. 651, 654. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
7. ^ 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. 215–216\. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
8. ^ 令和3年版 徳島市統計年報 [Reiwa 3rd Year Edition Tokushima City Statistics Annual Report] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokushima city. 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kuramoto Station (Tokushima).

* JR Shikoku timetable

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Stations of the JR Shikoku B Tokushima Line

* Sako
* Kuramoto
* Akui
* Kō
* Ishii
* Shimoura
* Ushinoshima
* Oezuka
* Kamojima
* Nishi-Oe
* Awa-Kawashima
* Gaku
* Yamase
* Awa-Yamakawa
* Kawata
* Anabuki
* Oshima
* Sadamitsu
* Awa-Handa
* Eguchi
* Mikamo
* Awa-Kamo
* Tsuji
* Tsukuda
* Awa-Ikeda

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