Ichitsubo Station


Ichitsubo Station is a railway station on the Yosan Line in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "U01". The station is also called No-Ball Station named after Noboru, the name of a haiku poet, Masaoka Shiki, who spent his childhood in Matsuyama.

Lines

The station is served by the JR Shikoku Yosan Line and is located 197.9 km from the beginning of the line at.

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks on an embankment. Line 1 on the east side is the through track while line 2 is the passing loop. There is no station building but both platforms have weather shelters and also "tickets corners" which are small shelters housing automatic ticket vending machines. each platform has its own flight of steps and ramp leading down to the access road. An underpass under the embankment is used to cross from one platform to the other. Designated parking lots for bicycles are provided on the west side of the station. A siding branches off track 2.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

opened the station on 1 October 1964 on the existing Yosan Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.

Surrounding area