Yakuri Station

Railway station in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan

34°20′40.7″N 134°7′19.2″E / 34.344639°N 134.122000°E / 34.344639; 134.122000Operated by

Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric RailroadLine(s)■ Shido Line Distance6.7 km from KawaramachiPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2Other informationStation codeS08HistoryOpened18 November 1911 (1911-11-18)PassengersFY2018930 daily ^[1]

Location
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Yakuri Station (八栗駅, Yakuri-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad (Kotoden) and is designated station "S08".

Lines

Yakuri Station is a station of the Kotoden Shido Line and is located 6.7 km from the opposing terminus of the line at Kawaramachi Station.

Layout

Yakuri Station features two side platforms serving two tracks. The station building is staffed, and is located to the north-west of the platforms. The platforms are connected by a level crossing.^[2]

Platforms

1	■ Kotoden Shido Line	for Kawaramachi
1	■ Kotoden Shido Line	for Ōmachi, Kotoden-Shido

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kotoden Shido Line
Furu-Takamatsu		Local		Rokumanji

History

Yakuri Station opened on November 18, 1911 on the Tosan Electric Tramway. On November 1, 1943 it became a station on the Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railway.^[3]

Surrounding area

Yakuri-ji - 85th temple on the Shikoku pilgrimage
Takamatsu Municipal Tateishi Folklore Museum
Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum

References

^ "国土数値情報　駅別乗降客数データの詳細". nlftp.mlit.go.jp. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
^ Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道四国・九州ライン全線・全駅・全配線・第2巻四国西部エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 2 Western Shikoku] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 8, 64. ISBN 9784062951616.
^ 大蔵省印刷局 (1911-11-30), 官報 1911年11月30日 (in Japanese), 日本マイクロ写真, doi:10.11501/2951891, retrieved 2022-03-27