Yasu Station (Kōchi)

Yasu Station
夜須駅
Yasu Station in 2010
Location Yasucho Chigire, Konan-shi, Kōchi-ken 781-5602
Japan
Coordinates 33°32′04″N 133°45′16″E / 33.534471°N 133.754375°E / 33.534471; 133.754375Coordinates: 33°32′04″N 133°45′16″E / 33.534471°N 133.754375°E / 33.534471; 133.754375
Operated by Tosa Kuroshio Railway
Line(s) ■ Asa Line
Distance 12.4 km from Gomen
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Parking Available
Bicycle facilities Designated parking area for bikes
Disabled access Yes - elevator to platform
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Station code GN33
History
Opened 1 July 2002 (2002-07-01)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011) 234 daily
Location
Yasu Station
Location within Japan

Yasu Station (夜須駅, Yasu-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 "GN33".[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 12.4 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 an island platform serving two elevated tracks. There is no station building only a shelter on the platform for waiting passengers. Benches are also provided on a paved area under the elevated structure as a form of waiting area. Access to the platform is by a flight of steps or an elevator. A designated parking area for bicycles is provided underneath the elevated structure.[3][2][5]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Asa Line
Akaoka Rapid Wajiki
Kagami Local Nishibun

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 Yasu Station is a mermaid named Yasu Ningyo-chan (やす にんぎょちゃん). The design is chosen to recall the "Miss Mermaid Contest" which is held annually at a marine festival at Yasu.[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 234 passengers daily.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "夜須" [Yasu]. 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. 51, 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. ↑ "夜須" [Yasu]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "やす にんぎょちゃん" [Yasu Ningyo-chan]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "高知県香南市｢マリンフェスティバルYASU｣でミスマーメイド" [Kōchi Kōnan City Marine Festival Yasu Miss Mermaid]. kochinews.co.jp. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  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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