Hashikura

Weekday departures: 12/day · Sat & holiday departures: 12/day

First / last train (weekday): 6:22 / 20:16

Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (2)

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• Dosan Line: Tsubojiri ⇄ Tsukuda (Tokushima)

Hashikura Station opened on 28 April 1929 when the then Sanyo Line was extended south from Sanuki-Saida to Tsukuda Signal Station, linking the route to the existing Tokushima Line and providing service to Awa-Ikeda. The line is now the Dosan Line; the station became unstaffed on 1 October 1970, when handling of personal-baggage parcels and most types of small parcels was abolished. JR Shikoku succeeded JNR at the 1987 privatisation. The station consists of two opposed side platforms — the first the up/down auxiliary, the second the main running line — and limited express trains routinely cross here. Although the wooden station building survives, its toilets have been closed.

The station is named for nearby Hashikura-ji Temple at the summit of Mount Hashikura; an earlier funicular built to serve pilgrims opened in 1930 but was scrapped during the war in 1944, and a ropeway replacement followed in 1971.