Ikazaki Station

Ikazaki Station (五十崎駅, Ikazaki-eki) is a railway station on the Uchiko branch of the Yosan Line in Uchiko, Kita District, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "U11".[1][2]

Ikazaki Station 五十崎駅
Location	Ikazaki, Uchiko-cho, Kita-gun, Ehime-ken 795-0301 Japan
Coordinates	33°32′16″N 132°38′10″E
Operated by	JR Shikoku
Line(s)	■ Yosan Line
Distance	233.6 km from Takamatsu
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1 + 1 siding
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Bicycle facilities	Bike shed
Disabled access	No - steps lead up to platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	U11
History
Opened	1 May 1920
Location
Ikazaki Station Location within Japan

Lines

Although the station is officially on the Uchiko Line, JR Shikoku runs it operationally as part of Yosan Line and as such it only carries the "U" prefix common to other Yosan line stations. It is located 233.6 km from the beginning of the Yosan line at Takamatsu.[3] Only local trains stop at the station. Eastbound local trains which serve the station terminate at Matsuyama while westbound local trains terminate at Iyo-Ōzu or Yawatahama. Connections with other services are needed to travel further east of Matsuyama or further west of Iyo-Ōzu/Yawatahama on the line.[4]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. There is no station building, only a shelter on the platform for waiting passengers. A short flight of steps leads to the platform from the access road. There is limited parking and a bike shed near the base of the steps. A siding branches off the track at the station. One unique feature of the station is the position of the platform: some 20 m of it lies inside the Ikazaki Tunnel (1,106 m long) in the direction of Uchiko.[2][5][3]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yosan Line (Uchiko branch)
Uchiko		Local	Kitayama

History

The station was opened on 1 February 1920 as a station of the private Ehime Railway (愛媛鉄道, Ehime Tetsudō), a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) light railway line from Wakamiya Junction (若宮連絡所, Wakamiya-renraku-sho), near Nagahama-machi (the present Iyo-Nagahama) to Uchiko. On October 1, 1933, the line was nationalized and Japanese Government Railways (JGR) operated the station as part of the Ehime Line (愛媛線, Ehime-sen). On October 6, 1935, after the track had been re-gauged to 1,067 mm, the station became part of the Uchiko Line. Subsequently, Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, undertook the construction of the Uchiko branch of the Yosan Line which involved building a new stretch of track from Mukaibara to Uchiko. The track at Ikazaki was re-aligned and the position of the station moved. The new station reopened on 3 March 1986. It was still designated as a station on the Uchiko Line but was now operated as part of the Yosan Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.[6][7]

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
2. "五十崎" [Ikazaki]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
3. 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. 28–29, 70. ISBN 9784062951616.
4. "Ikazaki Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
5. "五十崎駅" [Ikazaki Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
6. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 643–4. ISBN 4533029809.
7. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 213–215. ISBN 4533029809.