[3] Besides local services, some trains of the Uzushio limited express between Okayama, Takamatsu and Tokushima also stop at the station.
In addition, although Ikenotani is the official start point of the Naruto Line, many of the trains of its local service begin and end at Tokushima.
A station building houses a waiting room and a JR ticket window (without a Midori no Madoguchi facility), open for limited hours only.
With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Shikoku.
[7][8] In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1215 passengers daily[9] This Tokushima Prefecture railroad station-related article is a stub.