Tōnohama Station

Tōnohama Station (唐浜駅, Tōnohama-eki) is a railway station on the Asa Line in Yasuda, Aki District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN24".[1][2]

Tōnohama Station

下山駅
Tōnohama Station in 2009
LocationTonohama, Yasuda-cho, Aki-gun, Kōchi-ken 781-6422
Japan
Coordinates33°26′46″N 133°57′58″E
Operated byTosa Kuroshio Railway
Line(s)■ Asa Line
Distance37.0 km from Gomen
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeEmbankment
ParkingAvailable
Bicycle facilitiesBike shed
Disabled accessYes - ramp to platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeGN24
History
Opened1 July 2002 (2002-07-01)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011)49 daily
Location
Tōnohama Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 37.0 km from the beginning of the line at Gomen.[3] All Asa Line trains, rapid and local, stop at the station except for those which start or end their trips at Aki.[4]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track on an embankment. There is no station building but a shelter with both an enclosed and an open compartment has been set up on the platform. A separate waiting room, toilet and bicycle shed have been set in the station forecourt where parking for cars is available. Access to the platform is by means of a short flight of steps or a ramp.[2][3][5]

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Asa Line
Shimoyama Rapid Yasuda
Shimoyama Local Yasuda

Station mascot

Each station on the Asa Line features a cartoon mascot character designed by Takashi Yanase, a local cartoonist from Kōchi Prefecture. The mascot for Tōnohama Station is a figure dressed in the white pilgrim's garments and straw hat used by those on the Shikoku Pilgrimage. Named Tōnohama Hen-kun (とうのはま へんろ君), the character is chosen because the station is located near the Kōnomine-ji, the 27th Buddhist temple on the pilgrim trail and many pilgrims use the station throughout the year.[6]

History

The train station was opened on 1 July 2002 by the Tosa Kuroshio Railway as an intermediate station on its track from Gomen to Nahari.[7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 49 passengers daily.[7]

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See also

References
  1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. "唐浜" [Tōnohama]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  3. Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第1巻 四国東部エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 1 Eastern Shikoku] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 50, 87. ISBN 9784062951609.
  4. "時刻表 ごめん・なはり線" [Timetable Gomen-Nahari Line] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  5. "唐浜" [Tōnohama]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  6. "とうのはま へんろ君" [Tōnohama Hen-kun]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  7. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 173, 303. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.


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