Marugame Station
railway station in Marugame, Kagawa prefecture, Japan
Marugame Station (丸亀駅, Marugame-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "Y10".
Lines
The station is served by the JR Shikoku Yosan Line and is located 28.5 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu and 48.5 kilometers from Okayama. Except for special trains, all passenger trains including limited express trains stop at this station. In addition, there are several trains each day running a local service on the Seto-Ōhashi Line which stop at the station.
Layout
Marugame Station consists of two elevated side platforms. The station building contains a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Adjacent stations
History
Marugame Station opened on 23 May 1889, as a station on the Sanuki Railway. On 21 February 1891 the Sanuki Railway became the Sanyo Railway, which was subsequently nationalized on 1 December 1906. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q874116. Authority coordinates are 34.292, 133.793. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1889, 1891, 1906 and 1987.
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