Kagami Station

Kagami Station
香我美駅
Kagami Station in 2010
Location Kagamicho Kishimoto, Konan-shi, Kōchi-ken 781-5331
Japan
Coordinates 33°32′21″N 133°44′15″E / 33.539183°N 133.737403°E / 33.539183; 133.737403Coordinates: 33°32′21″N 133°44′15″E / 33.539183°N 133.737403°E / 33.539183; 133.737403
Operated by Tosa Kuroshio Railway
Line(s) ■ Asa Line
Distance 10.7 km from Gomen
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Parking Available
Bicycle facilities Bike shed
Disabled access No - steps lead up to platform
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Station code GN34
History
Opened 1 July 2002 (2002-07-01)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011) 96 daily
Location
Kagami Station
Location within Japan

Kagami Station (香我美駅, Kagami-eki) is a railway station on the Asa Line in Kōnan, Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN34".[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 10.7 km from the beginning of the line at Gomen.[3] Only local trains stop at the station.[4]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single elevated track. There is no station building but an enclosed shelter is provided on the platform for waiting passengers. Access to the platform is by means of a flight of steps. a bike shed is provided underneath the elevated structure.[3][2][5]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Asa Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Akaoka Local Yasu

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 Kagami Station is an figure with a mandarin orange for a head named Kagami Mikan-chan (かがみ みかんちゃん). The design is chosen because Yamakita Mikan (山北みかん) (Yamakita mandarin oranges) are a specialty product of the area.[6][7]

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.[8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 96 passengers daily.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "香我美" [Kagami]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 17 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. ↑ "香我美" [Kagami]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "かがみ みかんちゃん" [Kagami Mikan-chan]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "遊ぶ" [Recreation]. kounan-navi.com. Retrieved 17 February 2018. See third section.
  8. 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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