Awa-Handa Station


Awa-Handa Station is a railway station on the Tokushima Line in Handa, Tsurugi, Mima District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B19".

Lines

The station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 17.2 km from the beginning of the line at. Only local trains stop at the station.

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single tracks. On the other side of the side platform, the traces of a former track bed can be seen, showing that it was once an island platform but track 1 has now been removed. The station building is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. A path and ramp leads to the platform. A shop opposite the station sells some types of tickets as a kan'i itaku agent.

Adjacent stations

History

Awa-Handa was opened on 25 March 1914 as one of several intermediate stations built when Japanese Government Railways extended the track of the Tokushima Main Line from to. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the successor to JGR, on 1 April 1987, Awa-Handa came under the control of JR Shikoku. On 1 June 1988, the line was renamed the Tokushima Line.