is a junction passenger

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located in the city of

Takamatsu 270px, Takamatsu City Hall 270px, Aerial view of Takamatsu city center 270px, View from Yashima to Takashima port is a city located in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 414,134 in 190120 households and a popul ...

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

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and has the station number "Y00" and "T28" .

Lines

The station is terminus of the JR Shikoku

Yosan Line The is the principal railway line on the island of Shikoku in Japan, connecting the major cities of Shikoku, and via the Honshi-Bisan Line, with Honshu. It is operated by the Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku), and is aligned approximately p ...

and is located 297.6 km from the opposing terminus of the line at Uwajima. It is also the terminus of the JR Shikoku Kōtoku Line and is 74.5 kilometers from the terminus of that line at

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 ...

Layout

Takamatsu Station is an above-ground station with four

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s serving nine tracks. As the platforms all dead head, the station building is located at the end, allowing barrier-free access. The station has a ''

Midori no Madoguchi , which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Gro ...

'' staffed ticket office.

Ground-level platforms

History

Takamatsu Station opened on 21 February 1897. With the

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and dissolution of

Japan 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 ...

on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of the newly created Japan Railways Shikoku (JR Shikoku).

Surrounding area

Takamatsu-Chikkō Station is a passenger railway station operated by the Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad in Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad (Kotoden) and is designated station "K00 ...

* National Route 30 * Takamatsu Castle

References

External links

Takamatsu Station (JR Shikoku)
{{Kōtoku Line Yosan Line Railway stations in Takamatsu Railway stations in Japan opened in 1897