title: Awa-Handa Station
text: # Awa-Handa Station
  
  Awa-Handa Station (阿波半田駅, Awa-Handa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the Handa neighborhood of the town of Tsurugi, Mima District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B19".
  
  ## Lines
  
  Awa-Handa Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 17.2 km from the beginning of the line at Tsukuda. Only local trains stop at the station.
  
  ## Layout
  
  The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. On the other side of the side platform, the traces of a former track bed can be seen, showing that it was once an island platform but track 1 has now been removed. The station building is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. A path and ramp leads to the platform. A shop opposite the station sells some types of tickets as a kan'i itaku agent.
  
  ## Adjacent stations
  
  | « | Service | » |
  | - | - | - |
  | Tokushima Line |||||
  | Limited Express Tsurugisan: Does not stop at this station |||||
  | Eguchi | Local | Sadamitsu |
  
  ## History
  
  Awa-Handa Station was opened on 25 March 1914 as one of several intermediate stations built when Japanese Government Railways (JGR) extended the track of the Tokushima Main Line from Awa-Yamakawa to Awa-Ikeda. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor to JGR, on 1 April 1987, Awa-Handa came under the control of JR Shikoku. On 1 June 1988, the line was renamed the Tokushima Line.
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Tsurugi Municipal Handa Hospital
  * Yoshino River
  * Japan National Route 192
  