is a passenger

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located in the town of

Higashimiyoshi 270px, Yoshino River in Higashimiyoshi 270px, Minoda Gorge 270px, Yoshinogawa Highway Oasis is a town located in Miyoshi District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 13,733 in 6281 households and a populat ...

, Miyoshi District,

Tokushima Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Tokushima Prefecture has a population of 728,633 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,146 km2 (1,601 sq mi). Tokushima Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the north, E ...

, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B20".

Lines

Eguchi Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 11.2 km from the start of the line at . Only local trains stop at the station.

Layout

The station consists of an

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serving two tracks located on a sidehill cutting. A siding branches off track 1. The station building, located at a lower level than the tracks, is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Outside the station building is the entrance to an underpass with steps which leads to the island platform.

Platforms

file:JRS eguchi sta enclosure.jpg, A view of the station platforms. The siding can be seen branching off to the left of the picture.

Adjacent stations

History

Eguchi Station was opened on 25 March 1914 as one of several intermediate stations built when

Japanese Government Railways The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Railways ( ja, 鉄道省, Tetsudō-shō, ) until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Rai ...

(JGR) extended the track of the Tokushima Main Line from to . With the

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(JNR), the successor to JGR, on 1 April 1987, Eguchi came under the control of JR Shikoku. On 1 June 1988, the line was renamed the Tokushima Line.

Surrounding area

* Yoshino River *Higashimiyoshi Bridge *Miyoshi City Mino Branch *Rinka-ji Temple (Ohana Daigongen)

References

External links

JR Shikoku timetable
{{Tokushima Line Railway stations in Tokushima Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1914 Higashimiyoshi, Tokushima