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 ...

in the city of Ōzu,

Ehime Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Ehime Prefecture has a population of 1,342,011 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 5,676 km2 (2,191 sq mi). Ehime Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the northeast, Toku ...

, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "S11".

Lines

Kitanada Station is located on the older, original, branch of the Yosan Line which runs along the coast from to and is 228.2 km from the beginning of the line at . Only local trains stop at the station. Eastbouund local services end at . Connections with other services are needed to travel further east of Matsuyama on the line.

Layout

The station consists of a

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 ...

serving a single track on a sidehill cut. There is no station building, only a shelter for waiting passengers. A steep flight of steps leads up to the station from the main road. A toilet building is located at the base of the steps and there is limited parking. A siding branches off the track and leads to a disused freight platform. There are also traces of trackbed on the other side of the passenger platform, indicating that it was once an island serving two tracks. File:Kitanada Station(2015-09)09.JPG, A view of the station entrance.

History

The station was opened on 6 October 1935 as an intermediate stop when the then Yosan mainline was extended from to , thus linking up with the track of the then Ehime Line and establishing through traffic from to . At that time the station was operated by

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), later becoming

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). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Shikoku.

Surrounding area

This station is on the border of Iyo and Ozu cities, and the city border runs through the middle of the platform. The sea can be clearly seen from the platform, and the coast can be reached just by walking for a few minutes from the station.

References

External links

Station timetable
{{Yosan Line Railway stations in Ehime Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1935 Ōzu, Ehime