Shimoyama Station (Kōchi)

Shimoyama Station
下山駅
Shimoyama Station in 2010
Location Shimoyama, Aki-shi, Kōchi-ken 784-0046
Japan
Coordinates 33°27′29″N 133°56′53″E / 33.458148°N 133.948069°E / 33.458148; 133.948069Coordinates: 33°27′29″N 133°56′53″E / 33.458148°N 133.948069°E / 33.458148; 133.948069
Operated by Tosa Kuroshio Railway
Line(s) Asa Line
Distance 34.7 km from Gomen
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Embankment
Bicycle facilities Bike shed
Disabled access No - steps to platform
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Station code GN25
History
Opened 1 July 2002 (2002-07-01)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011) 16 daily
Location
Shimoyama Station
Location within Japan

Shimoyama Station (下山駅, Shimoyama-eki) 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 "GN25".[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 34.7 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 two opposed side platforms serving two tracks on an embankment. There is no station building but both platforms have shelters comprising enclosed and open compartments. A separate waiting room and bicycle shed, both built of timber, have been set up near the station entrance. From the access road, a low flight of steps leads to the base of the embankment where there is a flight of steps which leads to one platform. Going through an underpass, there is another flight of steps to the other platform.[3][2][5]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Asa Line
Ioki Rapid Tōnohama
Ioki Local Tōnohama

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 Shimoyama Station is a girl in a blue kimono with a white bird on her head. Her name is Shimoyama Chidori-chan (しもやま ちどりちゃん) and is inspired by the children's song Hama Chidori (浜千鳥) (Plovers on the Beach) written by local composer Ryūtarō Hirota. There is a monument to him at nearby Cape Oyama.[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 16 passengers daily.[7]

See also

References

  1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "下山" [Shimoyama]. 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. "下山" [Shimoyama]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  6. "しもやま ちどりちゃん" [Shimoyama Chidori-chan]. 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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