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 prep ...

located in the city of Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by

Shikoku Railway Company 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 i ...

(JR Shikoku). It is numbered "T17".

Lines

Zōda Station is served by the

Kōtoku Line The is a railway line in northeastern Shikoku, Japan that connects the prefectural capitals Takamatsu ( Kagawa) and Tokushima (Tokushima). Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) owns and operates the line, whose name comes from the characters in t ...

, and lies 21.3 km from the starting point of the line at Takamatsu Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two

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 platform ...

s serving two tracks. The platforms are linked by a footbridge.

Platforms

File:JRS zoda sta enclosure.jpg, The platforms and tracks in December 2007

History

Zōda Station opened on 21 March 1926. 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) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Shikoku. The station became unstaffed from 1 September 2010. A new station building was built adjoining the original structure, opening for use on 10 February 2017.

Surrounding area

* Zōda Elementary School

References

External links

Zoda Station timetable
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zoda Station Railway stations in Kagawa Prefecture Stations of Shikoku Railway Company Railway stations in Japan opened in 1926 Sanuki, Kagawa