is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

located in the city of Takamatsu,

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 "Y02".

Lines

The station is served by the JR Shikoku Yosan Line and is located 6.1 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu. Yosan line local, ''Rapid Sunport'', and ''Nanpū Relay'' services stop at the station. Some trains of 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 between and also stop 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 Kinashi.

Layout

Kinashi Station consists of two opposed

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

s serving two tracks. Access to the opposite platform is by means of a footbridge. Parking is available at the station forecourt. The station's ticket window is unstaffed but a Chinese restaurant in the station building acts as a kan'i itaku agent and sells some types of tickets. File:JRS Kinashi sta 01.jpg, Train at Kinashi Station

Adjacent stations

History

Kinashi 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 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 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 The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

(JNR, the successor of JGR) on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.

Surrounding area

*Takamatsu Municipal Kinashi Elementary School *Kagawa Prefectural Takamatsu Nishi High School *Kagawa Seiryo Junior and Senior High School

References

External links

Station timetable
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1897 Railway stations in Takamatsu {{Kagawa-railstation-stub