The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 27.7 km from the beginning of the line at Gomen.[3] It is the main station and depot for the Asa Line and all trains, both rapid and local, stop at the station.[4]
Layout
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks on an embankment. Numerous sidings which form the Asa Line depot are located north of the main tracks. The station building is located at the base of the embankment and houses a waiting area, a local produce market and a staffed ticket window. Besides tickets for the line, the ticket window is also equipped with a JR Shikoku (Midori no Madoguchi) facility and can accept reservations and sell tickets for JR trains. Access to the island platform is by means of an underpass leading to a flight of steps and an elevator. A bike shed and bike rentals are available.[2][3][5][6]
A view of the station platform and tracks in 2010.
A view of the depot to the north of the station with its many sidings.
Each station on the Asa Line features a cartoon mascot character designed by Takashi Yanase, a local cartoonist from Kōchi Prefecture. The mascot for Aki Station is a figure of a singer with music note motifs on her costume named Aki Utako-chan (あき うたこちゃん). The music theme relates to Ryūtarō Hirota, a Japanese composer who was born in Aki.[7]
^"安芸" [Aki]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^"土佐くろしお鉄道 安芸駅" [Tosa Kuroshio Railway Aki Station]. Tosa Kuroshio Railway Official Website. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^"あき うたこちゃん" [Aki Utako-chan]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ abTerada, 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. ISBN978-4-7770-1336-4.
^"安芸駅ぢばさん市場" [Aki Station Jibasan Market]. www.akikanko.or.jp. Retrieved 18 February 2018.