Shingai Station

Shingai Station (新改駅, Shingai-eki) is a railway station on the Dosan Line in Kami, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "D36".[1][2]

Shingai Station

新改駅
The station waiting room in 2005
LocationTosayamadacho Higashigawa, Kami, Kōchi Prefecture 782-0063
Japan
Coordinates33°38′57″N 133°41′42″E
Operated by JR Shikoku
Line(s)■ Dosan Line
Distance103.9 km from Tadotsu
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeD36
History
Opened1 June 1947 (1947-06-01)
Previous namesShinkai (until 1956)
Location
Shingai Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the JR Shikoku Dosan Line and is located 103.9 km from the beginning of the line at Tadotsu.[3][4]

Layout

The station is one of two stations with switchback layout in Shikoku, the other being Tsubojiri . The single platform is on a siding located in the middle of a 25‰ gradient. Trains from Tosa-Yamada first enter the siding with the platform. Trains then reverse to the other siding, change direction again, and enter the main line toward Shigetō. Trains that do not stop at the station do not use the sidings.[5]

The station is unstaffed. A small building connected to the side platform serves as a waiting room.[2]

  • View from the platform; the track in the middle from left to right is the main line.

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Dosan Line
Shigetō - Tosa-Yamada

History

Shinkai Signalbox (新改信号場) opened on 28 November 1935, and was converted to a passenger station on 1 June 1947. The station name in hiragana was changed from Shinkai (しんかい) to Shingai (しんがい), with no change of kanji script, on 15 December 1956.[3] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Shikoku.

See also

References
  1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. "新改" [Shingai]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  3. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 666. ISBN 4533029809.
  4. "Shingai Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  5. Soda, Keisuke (August 2003). 特集 スイッチバック [Featured Article: Switchback]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Koyusha (508): 43.


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