Timetable information
Weekday departures: 53/day · Sat & holiday departures: 53/day
First / last departure (weekday): 5:59 / 23:19
Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (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.
Adjacent stations
- Kotoku Line: Awa-Omiya ⇄ Awa-Kawabata
Location
History
Itano Station opened on 15 February 1923 as Awa-Ōtera Station, an intermediate stop on a new line laid by the privately operated Awa Electric Railway (later the Awa Railway) between Ikenotani and Kajiyabara. After nationalisation on 1 July 1933 it became Banzai Station on the Awa Line; on 20 March 1935 it joined the new Kōtoku Main Line, with the branch to Kajiyabara becoming the separate Kajiyabara Line. That branch was closed during 1943–1947 and again permanently on 16 January 1972. The station was renamed Itano Station on 10 April 1956, and passed to JR Shikoku with the 1 April 1987 privatisation of Japanese National Railways.
Notes
The station has carried three different names — Awa-Ōtera, Banzai, and Itano — and was for several decades the junction with the now-vanished Kajiyabara Line.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: そらみみ (Soramimi) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18