is a passenger

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located in the city of

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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 "B09".

Lines

Kamojima Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 50.0 km from the beginning of the line at . Besides local service trains, the Tsurugisan limited express service also stops at Kamojima.

Layout

The station consists of two opposed

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s serving 2 tracks. A passing loop runs on the other side of platform 2 while a siding runs on the other side of platform 1, ending near the station building. The station building houses a shop, waiting room, a JR ticket window (without a ''

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'' facility) and a JR travel centre (Warp Plaza). Access to the opposite platform is by means of an old-style roofed footbridge.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

The station was opened on 16 February 1899 by the privately run Tokushima Railway as the terminus of a line from . It became a through-station on 19 August 1899 when the line was extended to . When the company was nationalized on 1 September 1907,

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) took over control of the station and operated it as part of the Tokushima Line (later the Tokushima Main Line). With the

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(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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1850 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

The area around the station is the center of former Kamojima Town *Yoshinogawa City Kamojima Elementary School *Kamojima Health Center *Yoshinogawa City Hall

References

External links

JR Shikoku officialhome page
Railway stations in Tokushima Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1899 Yoshinogawa, Tokushima {{Tokushima-railstation-stub