Ioki Station

Ioki Station
伊尾木駅
Ioki Station in 2010
Location Ioki, Aki-shi, Kōchi-ken 784-0045
Japan
Coordinates 33°29′27″N 133°55′45″E / 33.490843°N 133.929292°E / 33.490843; 133.929292Coordinates: 33°29′27″N 133°55′45″E / 33.490843°N 133.929292°E / 33.490843; 133.929292
Operated by Tosa Kuroshio Railway
Line(s) ■ Asa Line
Distance 30.4 km from Gomen
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Structure type At grade
Bicycle facilities Bike shed
Disabled access Yes - ramp to platform
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Station code GN26
History
Opened 1 July 2002 (2002-07-01)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011) 75 daily
Location
Ioki Station
Location within Japan

Ioki Station (伊尾木駅, Ioki-eki) is a station in Aki, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN26".[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 30.4 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 servin a single track at grade. There is no station building but a shelter comprising both an enclosed and an open compartment has been set up on the platform. A separate waiting room and bicycle shed, both built of timber, have been set up next to the ramp which leads to the platform from the station forecourt.[3][2][5]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Asa Line
Aki Rapid Shimoyama
Aki Local Shimoyama

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 Ioki Station is a figure dressed in a business suit and hat with a box for a head and holding a briefcase. His name is Ioki Torao-kun (いおき トラオ君) and is inspired by the character "Tora-san" (寅さん) from the popular film series Otoko wa Tsurai yo. One title from the series about the traveling salesman Tora-san was to have been shot in Ioki for release in 1996 but was cancelled because of the death of the actor Kiyoshi Atsumi.[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 77 passengers daily.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "伊尾木" [Ioki]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  3. 1 2 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. p. 50, 86. 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. ↑ "伊尾木" [Ioki]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "いおき トラオ君" [Ioki Torao-kun]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  7. 1 2 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. p. 173, 303. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
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