Yasuda Station (Kōchi)

Yasuda Station

安田駅
Yasuda Station in 2010
General information
LocationNishijima, Yasuda-cho, Aki-gun, Kōchi-ken 781-6423
Japan
Coordinates33°26′36″N 133°59′03″E / 33.443338°N 133.984208°E / 33.443338; 133.984208
Operated byTosa Kuroshio Railway
Line(s)■ Asa Line
Distance38.7 km from Gomen
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeElevated
AccessibleYes - elevator to platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeGN23
History
Opened1 July 2002 (2002-07-01)
Passengers
FY2011119 daily
Location
Yasuda Station is located in Japan
Yasuda Station
Yasuda Station
Location within Japan

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]

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. ^ a b "安田" [Yasuda]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 20 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, 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. ^ 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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