Awa-Tachibana

Weekday departures: 32/day · Sat & holiday departures: 32/day

First / last departure (weekday): 6:31 / 22:32

Busiest hour: 16:00–17:00 (4)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

• Mugi Line: Minobayashi ⇄ Kuwano

Awa-Tachibana Station opened on 27 March 1936 as an intermediate stop on the Mugi Line during the first phase of construction from Hanoura to Kuwano, operated by Japanese Government Railways. Freight handling ceased in 1970 and the station became unstaffed in 1984. Operation passed to JR Shikoku on 1 April 1987 at the privatisation of Japanese National Railways. A platform-heightening project completed on 14 March 2009 finally allowed every local train to stop here. From March 2011 a single round-trip of the Muroto limited express called daily, but that service ended on 15 March 2025, leaving the station served only by local trains.

Despite carrying the name of Tachibana town, the station was actually built in the rival Tsunomine district after a dispute over the site — the locals settled the disagreement by giving the losing district the station's name.