Kyūjōmae Station (Kōchi)

Kyūjōmae Station
球場前駅
Kyūjōmae Station entrance in 2010
Location Sakuragaokacho, Aki-shi, Kōchi-ken 784-0026
Japan
Coordinates 33°30′10″N 133°53′30″E / 33.502762°N 133.891722°E / 33.502762; 133.891722Coordinates: 33°30′10″N 133°53′30″E / 33.502762°N 133.891722°E / 33.502762; 133.891722
Operated by Tosa Kuroshio Railway
Line(s) ■ Asa Line
Distance 26.2 km from Gomen
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Structure type Embankment
Parking Available
Bicycle facilities Bike shed
Disabled access No - steps to platform
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Station code GN28
History
Opened 1 July 2002 (2002-07-01)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011) 222 daily
Location
Kyūjōmae Station
Location within Japan

Kyūjōmae Station (球場前駅, Kyūjōmae-eki) (literally, in front of the ball-park) is a railway station on the Asa Line in Aki, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN28".[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 26.2 km from the beginning of the line at Gomen.[3] All Asa Line trains, both rapid and local, stop at the station.[4]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track on an embankment. There is no station building and the station is unstaffed but a waiting room which comprises both open and enclosed compartments has been set up on the platform. Access to the platform is by means of a flight of steps. A timber waiting room in traditional Japanese architectural style has been set up at the base of the embankment together with a bike shed and parking lots for cars.[3][2][5]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Asa Line
Wajiki Rapid Aki
Ananai Local Aki

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 Kyūjōmae Station is a figure with a baseball for a head dressed in yellow baseball gear with vertical black stripes named Kyūjō Bōru-kun (球場 ボール君). The baseball theme relates to the baseball stadium near to the station.[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 222 passengers daily.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "球場前" [Kyūjōmae]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 18 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. ↑ "球場前" [Kyūjōmae]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "球場 ボール君" [Kyūjō Bōru-kun]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 18 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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