Kuramoto Station (Tokushima)


Kuramoto Station is a railway station on the Tokushima Line in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B02".

Lines

The station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 65.6 km from the beginning of the line at. Besides local service trains, the Tsurugisan limited express service also stops at Kuramoto.

Layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving 2 tracks. The station building is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge. Several sidings branch off both tracks.

Adjacent stations

History

The station was opened on 12 September 1899 by the privately run Tokushima Railway. When the company was nationalized on 1 September 1907, Japanese Government Railways took over control of the station and operated it as part of the Tokushima Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Shikoku. On 1 June 1988, the line was renamed the Tokushima Line.