Tosa-Ikku Station (土佐一宮駅, Tosa-Ikku-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Kōchi city, the capital of Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "D43".[1][2]
Tosa-Ikku Station 土佐一宮駅 | |||||
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![]() Tosa-Ikku Station in 2010 | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | 1 Ikkutokudani, Kōchi-shi, Kōchi-ken 781-8133 Japan | ||||
Coordinates | 33°34′44″N 133°34′38″E / 33.5788°N 133.5772°E | ||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||
Line(s) | |||||
Distance | 122.7 km from Tadotsu | ||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||
Tracks | 2 + 1 branch line/passing loop | ||||
Construction | |||||
Structure type | At grade | ||||
Bicycle facilities | Designated parking lots for bikes | ||||
Accessible | No - platforms are linked by a footbridge | ||||
Other information | |||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||
Station code | D43 | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 5 December 1925 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
FY2019 | 708 | ||||
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Lines
editThe station is served by the JR Shikoku Dosan Line and is located 122.7 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 its rapid and some local trains continue towards Kōchi on the Dosan Line tracks with Tosa-Ikku as one of their intermediate stops.[5]
Layout
editThe station, which is unstaffed, consists of two side platforms (not opposed) serving two tracks. A small waiting room has been erected to one side of the tracks. A ramp leads up to one platform from the waiting room. A footbridge is used to access the other platform. Designated bicycle parking lots are provided near the waiting room. There is a third track which branches off at the station which leads to the Kōchi Operations Centre (高知運転所, Kōchi-unten-sho) (a rail yard).[2][6][7]
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The waiting room of Tosa-Ikku Station in 2008.
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A view of the Kōchi Operations Centre in 2010. Trains enter the branch line for this rail yard from Tosa-Ikku.
Adjacent stations
edit« | Service | » | ||
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JR Shikoku | ||||
Dosan Line | ||||
Nunoshida | Local | Azōno | ||
Tosa Kuroshio Railway | ||||
Asa Line | ||||
Nunoshida | Local | Azōno |
History
editThe 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 Government Railways, later becoming Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.[3][8]
Surrounding area
edit- Kochi Prefectural Kochi Higashi High School
- Japan National Route 195 Bypass (Akebono Highway)
- Kokubun River
- Tosa Shrine
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ a b "土佐一宮" [Tosa-Ikku]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 26 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-Ikku Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ "時刻表 ごめん・なはり線" [Timetable Gomen-Nahari Line] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ "土佐一宮駅" [Tosa-Ikku Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ 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2巻 四国西部エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 2 Western Shikoku] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 36–37, 74. ISBN 9784062951616.
- ^ 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.
External links
editMedia related to Tosa-Ikku Station at Wikimedia Commons