Akaoka Station

Akaoka Station

あかおか駅
Akaoka Station; あかおか駅
	Akaoka Station in 2010
Location	Japan
Coordinates	33°32′24″N 133°43′20″E / 33.539926°N 133.722194°ECoordinates: 33°32′24″N 133°43′20″E / 33.539926°N 133.722194°E
Operated by	Tosa Kuroshio Railway
Line(s)	■ Asa Line
Distance	9.3 km from Gomen
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	GN35
History
Opened	1 July 2002
Passengers
FY2011	268 daily
Location
	Akaoka Station Location within Japan

Akaoka Station (あかおか駅, Akaoka-eki) is a railway station on the Asa Line in Kōnan, Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN35".^[1]^[2]

Lines[]

The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 9.3 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 two opposed side platforms serving two elevated tracks. There is no station building but both platforms have enclosed shelters for waiting passengers. A shop cum tourist information centre under the elevated structure also serves as a waiting room. Access to the two platforms is by separate flights of steps. A designated parking area is provided for bicycles under the elevated structure.^[3]^[2]^[5]

Adjacent stations[]

«	Service	»
Asa Line
Noichi	Rapid	Yasu
Yoshikawa	Local	Kagami

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 Akaoka Station is an artist holding two paintbrushes named Akaoka Ekin-san (あかおかえきんさん), recalling Hirose Kinzō, a Japanese painter who lived in Akaoka at the end of the Edo period.^[6] A display of figurines of the various station mascots on the Asa Line is located under the elevated structure at Akaoka Station.^[5]

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 268 passengers daily.^[7]

References[]

^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "あかおか" [Akaoka]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^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.
^ "時刻表ごめん・なはり線" [Timetable Gomen-Nahari Line] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "あかおか駅" [Akaoka]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^ "あかおかえきんさん" [Akaoka Ekin-san]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^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.

[stationmap-1] "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.

[hacchi-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "あかおか" [Akaoka]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 17 February 2018.

[kawashima-east-3] Jump up to: ^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.

[tosatimetable-4] "時刻表ごめん・なはり線" [Timetable Gomen-Nahari Line] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 17 February 2018.

[nacl-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b "あかおか駅" [Akaoka]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 17 February 2018.

[6] "あかおかえきんさん" [Akaoka Ekin-san]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 17 February 2018.

[terada-7] Jump up to: ^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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