is a passenger

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located in the city of

Kan'onji, Kagawa file:Kan-onji city center area Aerial photograph.2015.jpg, 270px, Aerial view of Kan'onji city center is a Cities of Japan, city located in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 57,921 in 25510 households and a popu ...

Kagawa Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kagawa Prefecture has a population of 949,358 (as of 2020) and is the List of Japanese prefectures by area, smallest prefecture by geographic area at . Kagawa Pr ...

, Japan. It is operated by

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and has the station number "Y19".

Lines

Kan'onji Station is served by 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 56.5 km from the beginning of the line at

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. Yosan line local, ''Rapid Sunport'', and ''Nanpū Relay'' services stop at the station. In addition, there are two trains a day running a local service on the

Seto-Ōhashi Line The is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) in Japan which links Okayama Station in Okayama Prefecture with Takamatsu Station in Kagawa Prefectu ...

which start from the station for . The following JR Shikoku limited express services also stop at the station: *'' Shiokaze'' - from to and *'' Ishizuchi'' - from to and *''Midnight Express Takamatsu'' - from to *''Morning Express Takamatsu'' - from to

Layout

The station consists of two

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s and one

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

s serving four tracks. A station building houses a waiting room, shops, a JR ''

Midori no Madoguchi , short for ''Magnetic-electronic Automatic'' ''Reservation System,'' is a train ticket reservation system used by the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and travel agencies in Japan. It was developed jointly by Hitachi and the former Ja ...

'' staffed ticket office and a JR Travel Centre (Warp Plaza). Platform 1 is accessed directly through the ticket gate from the station building. Platforms 2 and 3 (island) and platform 4 (side) are accessed by means of an underpass. Parking and car rental are available. Two sidings branch off the main tracks.

Adjacent stations

History

Kan'onji Station opened on 20 December 1913 as the terminus of the then Sanuki Line which had been extended westwards from . It became a through-station on 1 April 1916 when the line was further extended to . At that time the station was operated by

Japanese Government Railways The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national rail transport, railway system directly operated by the until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Railways Group. Name The English name "Japanese ...

, 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 pre ...

(JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.

Surrounding area

*Kanonji City Hall *Kanonji Civic Hall *Kanonji City Central Library *Kagawa Prefectural Kanonji General High School *Kagawa Prefectural Kannonji First High School

References

External links

Kan'onji Station (JR Shikoku)
Railway stations in Kagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1913 Kan'onji, Kagawa {{Kagawa-railstation-stub