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Tosa-Ōtsu Station

土佐大津駅
Tosa-Ōtsu Station; 土佐大津駅
	Tosa-Ōtsu Station in 2012
General information
Location	Kō Ōtsu, Kōchi-shi, Kōchi-ken 780-0000; Japan
Coordinates	33°34′36″N 133°36′43″E / 33.5766°N 133.6120°E
Operated by	JR Shikoku
Line(s)	■ Dosan Line
Distance	119.4 km from Tadotsu
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Accessible	No - overhead footbridge needed to access one of the platforms
Other information
Status	unstaffed
Station code	D41
History
Opened	5 December 1925
Passengers
FY2019	828
Location
Location
	Tosa-Ōtsu Station Location within Kochi Prefecture Tosa-Ōtsu Station Tosa-Ōtsu Station (Japan)

Tosa-Ōtsu Station (土佐大津駅, Tosa-Ōtsu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "D41".^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the JR Shikoku Dosan Line and is located 119.4 km from the beginning of the line at Tadotsu.^[3]^[4]

Although Gomen is the official western terminus of the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway Asa Line (also known as the Gomen-Nahari Line), all of its rapid and some local trains continue towards Kōchi on the Dosan Line tracks with Tosa-Ōtsu as one of their intermediate stops.^[5]

Layout

Tosa-Ōtsu Station, which is unstaffed, consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. A small building linked to one of the platforms serves as a waiting room. An overhead footbridge connects to the other platform. Weather shelters are provided on both platforms.^[2]

View of the station platforms in 2010. The roof of the station waiting room can just be seen at the extreme right.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Dosan Line
Gomen		-	Nunoshida

History

The station opened on 5 December 1925 as an intermediate stop when the then Kōchi Line (now Dosan Line) was extended from Kōchi eastwards and then northwards towards Tosa-Yamada. At that time the station was operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.^[3]^[6]

Surrounding area

Kochi Prefectural Okatoyo High School
Seiwa Girls' Junior and Senior High School
Okō Castle ruins

References

^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b "土佐大津" [Tosa-Ōtsu]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
^ ^a ^b 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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 667. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "Tosa-Ōtsu Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
^ "時刻表ごめん・なはり線" [Timetable Gomen-Nahari Line] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
^ 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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 217–218. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.