is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of

Sakaide 270px, Sakaide City Hall 270px, Aerial view of Sakaide city center is a city located in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 49,439 in 21347 households and a population density of and a population density of 530 p ...

Kagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kagawa Prefecture has a population of 949,358 (as of 2020) and is the smallest prefecture by geographic area at . Kagawa Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the southwest and Tok ...

, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "Y06".

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. Yosan line local, ''Rapid Sunport'', and ''Nanpū Relay'' services stop at the station. The

Marine Liner The is a rapid train service in Japan operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) since April 1988. The ''Marine Liner'' links Okayama, the capital city of Okayama Prefecture and a major station on ...

rapid service on the Seto-Ohashi Line which plies between and also stops at the station. Although is the official start of the Dosan Line, some of its local trains start from and return to . These trains also stop at Kamogawa.

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.

Adjacent stations

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 to . 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.

Surrounding area

* Japan National Route 11

References

External links

Station timetable
Railway stations in Kagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1897 Sakaide, Kagawa {{Kagawa-railstation-stub