Tsukuda (Tokushima)

Weekday departures: 33/day · Sat & holiday departures: 33/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:48 / 22:45

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.

• Dosan Line: Hashikura ⇄ Awa-Ikeda
• Tokushima Line: Tsuji

Tsukuda began on 28 April 1929 as Tsukuda Signal Box, a junction between the Tokushima Line and the then Sanyo Line (now Dosan Line) when the latter was extended southwards from Sanuki-Saida. It was upgraded to a passenger station on 10 January 1950 under Japanese National Railways, served at first only by Dosan Line trains. On 18 July 1962 a new platform was added and Tokushima Line trains began calling as well; in the official line register Tsukuda is the origin of the Tokushima Line, although in practice every Tokushima Line train continues over Dosan Line track to the next station at Awa-Ikeda. The station was made unstaffed on 1 April 1983, and operation passed to JR Shikoku at the 1987 privatisation of JNR. An island platform serves both lines.

On paper Tsukuda is the origin of the Tokushima Line, but no Tokushima Line train actually terminates here — all of them continue over Dosan Line track to Awa-Ikeda, giving Tsukuda the unusual status of a starting station that no service actually starts from.