is a passenger

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located in the city of

Tokushima 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 nort ...

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 The , commonly known as , is the smallest of the seven constituent companies of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates of intercity and local rail services in the four prefectures on the island of Shikoku in Japan. The company has it ...

and has the station number "B04".

Lines

Kō Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 62.3 km from the beginning of the line at . Only local trains stop at the station.

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. Track 1 is the through-track while track 2 is a passing loop. The station building has been unstaffed since 2010 and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the opposite platform is by means of a footbridge.

Platforms

Image:JR Shikoku Ko stn 2.jpg, A view of the station platforms

Adjacent stations

History

The station was opened on 16 February 1899 by the privately run Tokushima Railway as an intermediate station when a line was built between and . 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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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, the station came under the control of JR Shikoku. On 1 June 1988, the line was renamed the Tokushima Line.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 584 passengers daily

Surrounding area

Although it is the central station of Kokufu-cho, the road in front of the station is narrow and the villages are cluttered. It is like a station in a residential area. *Tokushima City Kokufu Junior High School * Shikoku Pilgrimage 14th Fudasho Jōraku-ji

References

External links

JR Shikoku timetable
Railway stations in Tokushima Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1899 Tokushima (city) {{Tokushima-railstation-stub