Eguchi Station


Eguchi Station is a railway station on the Tokushima Line in Higashimiyoshi, Miyoshi District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B20".

History

Eguchi 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, Eguchi came under the control of JR Shikoku. On 1 June 1988, the line was renamed the Tokushima Line.

Lines

The station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 11.2 km from the beginning of the line at. Only local trains stop at the station.

Layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks located on a sidehill cutting. A siding branches off track 1. The station building, located at a lower level than the tracks, is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Outside the station building is the entrance to an underpass with steps which leads to the island platform.

Adjacent stations