Tōnohama Station

Tōnohama Station
下山駅
Tōnohama Station in 2009
Location Tonohama, Yasuda-cho, Aki-gun, Kōchi-ken 781-6422
Japan
Coordinates 33°26′46″N 133°57′58″E / 33.446007°N 133.966056°E / 33.446007; 133.966056Coordinates: 33°26′46″N 133°57′58″E / 33.446007°N 133.966056°E / 33.446007; 133.966056
Operated by Tosa Kuroshio Railway
Line(s) ■ Asa Line
Distance 37.0 km from Gomen
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Structure type Embankment
Parking Available
Bicycle facilities Bike shed
Disabled access Yes - ramp to platform
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Station code GN24
History
Opened 1 July 2002 (2002-07-01)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011) 49 daily
Location
Tōnohama Station
Location within Japan

Tōnohama Station (唐浜駅, Tōnohama-eki) is a railway station on the Asa Line in Yasuda, Aki District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN24".[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 37.0 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 serving a single track on an embankment. There is no station building but a shelter with both an enclosed and an open compartment has been set up on the platform. A separate waiting room, toilet and bicycle shed have been set in the station forecourt where parking for cars is available. Access to the platform is by means of a short flight of steps or a ramp.[3][2][5]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Asa Line
Shimoyama Rapid Yasuda
Shimoyama Local Yasuda

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 Tōnohama Station is a figure dressed in the white pilgrim's garments and straw hat used by those on the Shikoku Pilgrimage. Named Tōnohama Hen-kun (とうのはま へんろ君), the character is chosen because the station is located near the Kōnomine-ji, the 27th Buddhist temple on the pilgrim trail and many pilgrims use the station throughout the year.[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 49 passengers daily.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "唐浜" [Tōnohama]. 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, 87. 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. ↑ "唐浜" [Tōnohama]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "とうのはま へんろ君" [Tōnohama Hen-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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