Orange Town Station
T18 Orange Town Station オレンジタウン駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Orange Town Station in 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Toriuchi Valley, Shido, Sanuki City, Kagawa Prefecture 769-2101 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°18′06″N 134°10′51″E / 34.3018°N 134.1809°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR Shikoku | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Kōtoku Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 18.9 km (11.7 mi) from Takamatsu | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | No - access to island platform by footbridge | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | T18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 14 March 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 238 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Orange Town Station (オレンジタウン駅, Orenji-taun-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "T18".[1][2]
Lines[edit]
Orange Town Station is served by the JR Shikoku Kōtoku Line and is located 18.9 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu.[3] Besides local services, the Uzushio limited express between Okayama, Takamatsu and Tokushima also stops at the station.[4]
Layout[edit]
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. The station building of modernistic concrete design is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform from the station building is by means of a footbridge which also gives access to the other of the tracks.[2][3][5]
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A view of the station platform. The station building can be seen to the left. The footbridge extends to the right, permitting access to the station from the other side of the tracks.
History[edit]
Orange Town Station was opened on 14 March 1998 as an added station on the existing Kōtoku Line by JRShikoku.[3]
Surrounding area[edit]
- Orange Town Housing Area
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ a b "オレンジタウン" [Orange Town]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ a b c 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1巻 四国東部エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 1 Eastern Shikoku] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 32, 67. ISBN 9784062951609.
- ^ "Orange Town Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "オレンジタウン駅" [Orange Town Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
External links[edit]
- Station Timetable(in Japanese)
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