Kyūjōmae Station (Kōchi)

Kyūjōmae Station

球場前駅
Kyūjōmae Station entrance in 2010
General information
LocationSakuragaokacho, Aki-shi, Kōchi-ken 784-0026
Japan
Coordinates33°30′10″N 133°53′30″E / 33.502762°N 133.891722°E / 33.502762; 133.891722
Operated byTosa Kuroshio Railway
Line(s)■ Asa Line
Distance26.2 km from Gomen
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeEmbankment
ParkingAvailable
Bicycle facilitiesBike shed
AccessibleNo - steps to platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeGN28
History
Opened1 July 2002 (2002-07-01)
Passengers
FY2011222 daily
Location
Kyūjōmae Station is located in Kochi Prefecture
Kyūjōmae Station
Kyūjōmae Station
Location within Kochi Prefecture
Kyūjōmae Station is located in Japan
Kyūjōmae Station
Kyūjōmae Station
Kyūjōmae Station (Japan)

Kyūjōmae Station (球場前駅, Kyūjōmae-eki) (literally, in front of the ball-park) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Aki, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN28".[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 26.2 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 a side platform serving a single track on an embankment. There is no station building and the station is unstaffed but a waiting room which comprises both open and enclosed compartments has been set up on the platform. Access to the platform is by means of a flight of steps. A timber waiting room in traditional Japanese architectural style has been set up at the base of the embankment together with a bike shed and parking lots for cars.[2][3][5]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Asa Line
Wajiki Rapid Aki-Sogo-byoin-mae
Ananai Local Aki-Sogo-byoin-mae

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 Kyūjōmae Station is a figure with a baseball for a head dressed in yellow baseball gear with vertical black stripes named Kyūjō Bōru-kun (球場 ボール君). The baseball theme relates to the baseball stadium near to the station.[6]

  • A picture of the mascot can be seen under the station name board.
    A picture of the mascot can be seen under the station name board.

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 222 passengers daily.[7]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "球場前" [Kyūjōmae]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b 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, 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. ^ "球場前" [Kyūjōmae]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  6. ^ "球場 ボール君" [Kyūjō Bōru-kun]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  7. ^ a b 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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