Yasuda Station (Kōchi)

Yasuda Station (安田駅, Yasuda-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 "GN23".[1][2]

Yasuda Station

安田駅
Yasuda Station in 2010
LocationNishijima, Yasuda-cho, Aki-gun, Kōchi-ken 781-6423
Japan
Coordinates33°26′36″N 133°59′03″E
Operated byTosa Kuroshio Railway
Line(s)■ Asa Line
Distance38.7 km from Gomen
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Disabled accessYes - elevator to platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeGN23
History
Opened1 July 2002 (2002-07-01)
Passengers
FY2011119 daily
Location
Yasuda Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 38.7 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 a side platform serving a single elevated track. There is no station building but a shelter with both an enclosed and an open compartment has been set up on the platform. Access to the platform is by means of a flight of steps or an elevator.[2][3][5]

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Asa Line
Tōnohama Rapid Tano
Tōnohama Local Tano

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 Yasuda Station is a boy wearing a hat with a fish on it. Named Yasuda Ayu-kun (やすだ アユ君), the character is chosen because the nearby Yasudagawa river is known for its Ayu fish.[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 119 passengers daily.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. "安田" [Yasuda]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  3. 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. pp. 50, 87. ISBN 9784062951609.
  4. "時刻表 ごめん・なはり線" [Timetable Gomen-Nahari Line] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  5. "安田" [Yasuda]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  6. "やすだ アユ君" [Yasuda Ayu-kun]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  7. 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. pp. 173, 303. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.


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