Kubokawa Station

Kubokawa is the terminus of the JR Shikoku Dosan Line and is located 198.7 km from the start of the line at {{STN|Tadotsu|x}}.{{Teishajo|II|670}}

Trains on the JR Shikoku Yodo Line also start from and end at Kubokawa although the official start of the line is the next station at {{STN|Wakai|x}}. Kubokawa does not bear a station number with the "G" prefix which is used for stations on the Yodo Line.

The station is also the start of the 43.4 kilometer Tosa Kuroshio Railway Nakamura Line with the station number TK26.

In addition to these local lines, Kubokawa is also a stop for the following JR Shikoku limited express services:{{cite web|url=http://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/01_trainbus/jikoku/pdf/kubokawa.pdf|title=Kubokawa Station Timetable|publisher=JR Shikoku|access-date=25 December 2017}}

• Nanpū - {{STN|Okayama|x}} to {{STN|Kōchi|x|Kōchi}}, {{STN|Nakamura|x}} and {{STN|Sukumo|x}}
• Shimanto - {{STN|Takamatsu|x|Kagawa}} to {{STN|Kōchi|x|Kōchi}}, {{STN|Nakamura|x}} and {{STN|Sukumo|x}}
• Ashizuri - {{STN|Kōchi|x|Kōchi}} to {{STN|Nakamura|x}} and {{STN|Sukumo|x}}

The station consists of two side platforms and one island platform serving four tracks. Platform 1 serves a siding which is used exclusively by the Nakamura Line and is accessed from the Tosa Kuroshio Railway station building. Platforms 2 and 3 (which share an island) and platform 4 (a side platform) are used by JR Shikoku trains. These are accessed by a footbridge from the JR Shikoku station building or a level crossing. Several sidings branch off tracks 3 and 4. The JR station building houses a waiting room and a JR ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi). Car parking and a bike shed are available outside.{{cite web|url=http://hacchi-no-he.net/line/dosan/station/0590_kubokawa.htm|title=窪川|trans-title=Kubokawa|access-date=25 December 2017|website=hacchi-no-he.net}}{{cite web|url=https://www.shikoku.org.uk/JR/LINE/dosan/KUBOKAWA.htm|title=窪川駅|trans-title=Kubokawa Station|access-date=25 December 2017|website=shikoku.org.uk}}{{Cite book|last=Kawashima|first=Ryōzō|script-title=ja: 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第2巻 四国西部エリア|year=2013 |publisher=Kodansha|isbn=9784062951616|trans-title=Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 2 Western Shikoku|language=ja|pages=46, 77}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/01_trainbus/kakueki/kubokawa/|title=窪川|trans-title=Kubokawa|access-date=25 December 2017|website=JR Shikoku Official Station Website}}

File:KubokawastTKT8005.JPG|Platform 1 of Kubokawa Station

File:Tosa Kuroshio kubokawa sta 001.jpg|The Tosa Kuroshio Railway station building. The JR station building is to the right.

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The station opened on 12 November 1951 under the control of Japanese National Railways as the terminus of the Dosan Line. The JNR Nakamura Line connected to this station on 18 December 1963 and the JNR Yodo Line on 1 March 1974. After the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku. The JNR Nakamura Line was privatized to the Tosa Kuroshio Railway on 1 April 1988.

• Iwamoto-ji
• Shimanto River
• Shimanto Town Hall

• List of railway stations in Japan

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• [http://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/01_trainbus/kakueki/kubokawa/ Kubokawa Station (JR Shikoku)]{{in lang|ja}}

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Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1951

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