Tateda Station
Tateda Station (立田駅, Tateda-eki) is a railway station in Nankoku, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN38".[1][2]
Tateda Station 立田駅 | |
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Tateda Station in 2010 | |
Location | Tateda, Nankoku-shi, Kōchi-ken 783-0091 Japan |
Coordinates | 33°34′14″N 133°40′14″E |
Operated by | Tosa Kuroshio Railway |
Line(s) | ■ Asa Line |
Distance | 2.9 km from Gomen (start of the Dosan Line) |
Platforms | 1 side platform |
Tracks | 1 |
Construction | |
Structure type | Elevated |
Other information | |
Status | Unstaffed |
Station code | GN38 |
History | |
Opened | 1 July 2002 |
Traffic | |
Passengers (FY2011) | 24 daily |
Location | |
Tateda Station Location within Japan |
Lines
The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 2.9 km from the beginning of the line at Gomen.[3] Only local trains on the line stop at the station.[4]
Layout
The station consists of a side platform serving a single elevated track. There is no station building but the platform has a shelter for waiting passengers. Access to the platform is by means of a flight of steps. A toilet building has been step up under the elevated structure.[2][5]
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 Tateda Station is a girl in a blue flight attendant's uniform named Tateda Sorakochan (たてだ そらこちゃん). A statue of this mascot is located near the steps leading to the platform. The toilet building nearby also shares the aviation theme by having decorative propellors protruding from the roof. The choice of theme is based on the fact that Tateda near to Kōchi Airport.[6]
- Tateda Station entrance. Note the propellors on the toilet building and the mascot character. The steps leading to the platform are in the background.
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 24 passengers daily.[7]
See also
References
- "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- "立田" [Tateda]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- 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. 49, 85. ISBN 9784062951609.
- "時刻表 ごめん・なはり線" [Timetable Gomen-Nahari Line] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- "立田" [Tateda]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- "たてだ そらこちゃん" [Tateda Sorakochan]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- 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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