Tōnohama Station
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]
Tōnohama Station 下山駅 | |
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 Tōnohama Station in 2009 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Tonohama, Yasuda-cho, Aki-gun, Kōchi-ken 781-6422 Japan |
| Coordinates | 33°26′46″N 133°57′58″E |
| 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 |
| Accessible | Yes - ramp to platform |
| Other information | |
| Status | Unstaffed |
| Station code | GN24 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 July 2002 |
| Passengers | |
| FY2011 | 49 daily |
| Location | |
  Tōnohama Station Location within Japan | |
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.[2][3][5]
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
- "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- "唐浜" [Tōnohama]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- 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.
- "時刻表 ごめん・なはり線" [Timetable Gomen-Nahari Line] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- "唐浜" [Tōnohama]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- "とうのはま へんろ君" [Tōnohama Hen-kun]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- 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.
