Utazu Station

Location
	Utazu Station Location within Kagawa Prefecture Utazu Station Utazu Station (Japan)

Track layout
	Legend
	to Sakaide Station; & Kojima Station
	to Marugame Station

Y09
Utazu Station

宇多津うたづ駅えき
Y09; Utazu Station; 宇多津うたづ駅えき
	Utazu Station South exit
General information
Location	49, Hama-Gobancho, Utazu Town, Ayauta District, Kagawa Prefecture; Japan
Coordinates	34°18′23″N 133°48′50″E / 34.30639°N 133.81389°E
Operated by	JR Shikoku
Line(s)	Yosan Line
Distance	25.9 km (16.1 mi) fromTakamatsu
Platforms	2 island platforms
Connections	Bus terminal;
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Status	Staffed ( Midori no Madoguchi)
Station code	Y09
History
Opened	21 February 1897; 127 years ago
Passengers
FY2019	2164
Services
Limited Express
Track layout
Track layout
	Legend
	to Sakaide Station; & Kojima Station
	to Marugame Station
Location
Location
	Utazu Station Location within Kagawa Prefecture Utazu Station Utazu Station (Japan)

Utazu Station (宇多津うたづ駅えき, Utazu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Utazu, Ayauta District, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "Y09".^[1]

Lines

The station is served by the JR Shikoku Yosan Line and is located 25.9 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu. Trains of Honshi Bisan Line (Seto Ohashi Line), also terminate at this station^[2] All passenger trains on the Yosan Line, and trains that directly run between the Honshi Bisan Line and Tadotsu Station on the Yosan Line, stop at this station, except for some limited express trains and special trains in the early morning and at night.^[3] At this station, the limited express trains ``Shiokaze/Ishizuchi, ``Minamifu/Shimanto, and ``Minamifu/Uzushio are divided and merged.

Layout

Utazu Station consists of two elevated island platforms serving four tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.^[2]

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Honshi-Bisan Line
Rapid Marine Liner: Does not stop at this station
Sleeper Limited Express Sunrise Seto: Does not stop at this station
Kojima	Limited Express Uzushio / Shiokaze	Yosan Line
Yosan Line
Rapid Marine Liner: Does not stop at this station
Sleeper Limited Express Sunrise Seto: Does not stop at this station
Sakaide	Rapid Sun Port	Terminus

History

Utazu Station opened on 21 February 1897, as a station on the Sanuki Railway. The Sanuki Railway became part of the Sanyo Railway in 1904, and was nationalized in 1906. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.^[4]^[5]

Surrounding area

Marugame Hirai Art Museum
Kagawa Junior College
Shikoku Medical College
Utazu Municipal Utazu Kita Elementary School

References

^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
^ ^a ^b Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説ずせつ: 日本にっぽんの鉄道てつどう四国しこく・九州きゅうしゅうライン全線ぜんせん・全ぜん駅えき・全ぜん配線はいせん・第だい1巻かん四国しこく東部とうぶエリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 1 Eastern Shikoku] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 25, 77. ISBN 9784062951609.
^ "Sanuki-Shioya Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場ていしゃじょう変遷へんせん大だい事典じてん国鉄こくてつ・JR編へん [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 632. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場ていしゃじょう変遷へんせん大だい事典じてん国鉄こくてつ・JR編へん [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 213–215. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

External links

Station timetable

Media related to Utazu Station at Wikimedia Commons

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[dosanstation-1] "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 27 December 2017.

[kawashima-2] Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説ずせつ: 日本にっぽんの鉄道てつどう四国しこく・九州きゅうしゅうライン全線ぜんせん・全ぜん駅えき・全ぜん配線はいせん・第だい1巻かん四国しこく東部とうぶエリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 1 Eastern Shikoku] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 25, 77. ISBN 9784062951609.

[timetable-3] "Sanuki-Shioya Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

[teishajo-4] Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場ていしゃじょう変遷へんせん大だい事典じてん国鉄こくてつ・JR編へん [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 632. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[5] Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場ていしゃじょう変遷へんせん大だい事典じてん国鉄こくてつ・JR編へん [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 213–215. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

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