is a passenger

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located in the city of

Naruto, Tokushima is a Cities of Japan, city located in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 54,989 in 26,206 households and a population density of 410 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Naruto is locate ...

, Japan. It is operated by

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and has the station number "T05". It is the station closest to Ryōzen-ji, the first temple of the

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Lines

Bandō Station is served by the JR Shikoku

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and is located 62.1 km from the beginning of the line at . Only local services stop at the station.

Layout

The station consists of two

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s serving two tracks. The station building is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the opposite platform is by means of a footbridge.

Platforms

File:Bando Station Sign.jpg, Station sign File:Platform of Bando Station at dusk 2.JPG, A view of the platforms and tracks at Bandō.

History

Bandō Station opened by the privately run Awa Electric Railway (later the Awa Railway) on 15 February 1923. After the Awa Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1933,

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(JGR) took over control of the station and operated it as part of the Awa Line. On 20 March 1935, the station became part of the Kōtoku Main Line. With the

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on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Shikoku.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 390 passengers daily

Surrounding area

*Naruto City Hall Bando Liaison Office *Naruto City Bando Elementary School *

Bandō prisoner-of-war camp The was a prisoner-of-war camp during World War I in the western suburbs of what is now Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku, Japan. From April 1917 until January 1920, just under a thousand of the 3,900 soldiers of the Imperia ...

, National Historic Site * Ryōzen-ji

References

External links

JR Shikoku timetable
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bando Station Railway stations in Tokushima Prefecture Stations of Shikoku Railway Company Railway stations in Japan opened in 1923 Naruto, Tokushima