B12 Gaku Station 学駅 | |||||
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 Gaku Station in 2010 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Kawashimachogaku, Yoshinogawa-shi, Tokushima-ken 779-3306 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 34°03′27″N134°17′11″E / 34.0576°N 134.2864°E /34.0576; 134.2864 | ||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Shikoku | ||||
| Line | ■Tokushima Line | ||||
| Distance | 42.7 km fromTsukuda | ||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||
| Tracks | 2 + 1 siding | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||
| Accessible | No - platforms linked by footbridge | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Unstaffed (since 2010) | ||||
| Station code | B12 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 23 December 1899 (1899-12-23) | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2014 | 268 | ||||
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Gaku Station (学駅,Gaku-eki) is a passengerrailway station located in the city ofYoshinogawa,Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated byJR Shikoku and has the station number "B12".[1][2]
Gaku Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 42.7 km from the beginning of the line atTsukuda. Only local trains stop at the station.[3]
The station consists of two opposedside platforms serving 2 tracks. The station building has been unstaffed since 2010[4] and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the opposite platform is by means of a footbridge. A siding branches off track 1 and ends near the station building.[2][5][6]
| 1 | ■ Tokushima Line | forKamojima andTokushima |
| 2 | ■ Tokushima Line | forAnabuki andAwa-Ikeda |
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokushima Line | ||||
| Limited ExpressTsurugisan: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Yamase | Local | Awa-Kawashima | ||
Gaku Station was opened on 23 December 1899 by the privately-run Tokushima Railway as an intermediate station when the track was extended fromAwa-Kawashima toYamase. When the company was nationalized on 1 September 1907Ţ,Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station and operated it as part of the Tokushima Line (later the Tokushima Main Line). With theprivatization ofJapanese National Railways (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.[7][8]
In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 268 passengers daily.
