Ioki Station

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Ioki Station

伊尾木駅
Ioki station 03.jpg
Ioki Station in 2010
LocationIoki, Aki-shi, Kōchi-ken 784-0045
Japan
Coordinates33°29′27″N 133°55′45″E / 33.490843°N 133.929292°E / 33.490843; 133.929292Coordinates: 33°29′27″N 133°55′45″E / 33.490843°N 133.929292°E / 33.490843; 133.929292
Operated byTosa Kuroshio Railway
Line(s)■ Asa Line
Distance30.4 km from Gomen
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Bicycle facilitiesBike shed
Disabled accessYes - ramp to platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeGN26
History
Opened1 July 2002 (2002-07-01)
Passengers
FY201157 daily
Location
Ioki Station is located in Japan
Ioki Station
Ioki Station
Location within Japan

Ioki Station (伊尾木駅, Ioki-eki) is a station in Aki, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN26".[1][2]

Lines[]

The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 30.4 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 track at grade. There is no station building but a shelter comprising both an enclosed and an open compartment has been set up on the platform. A separate waiting room and bicycle shed, both built of timber, have been set up next to the ramp which leads to the platform from the station forecourt.[2][3][5]

Adjacent stations[]

« Service »
Asa Line
Aki Rapid Shimoyama
Aki Local Shimoyama

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 Ioki Station is a figure dressed in a business suit and hat with a box for a head and holding a briefcase. His name is Ioki Torao-kun (いおき トラオ君) and is inspired by the character "Tora-san" (寅さん) from the popular film series Otoko wa Tsurai yo. One title from the series about the traveling salesman Tora-san was to have been shot in Ioki for release in 1996 but was cancelled because of the death of the actor Kiyoshi Atsumi.[6]

  • A statue of Torao-kun is located at the station entrance.

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 77 passengers daily.[7]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "伊尾木" [Ioki]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  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.
  4. ^ "時刻表 ごめん・なはり線" [Timetable Gomen-Nahari Line] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  5. ^ "伊尾木" [Ioki]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  6. ^ "いおき トラオ君" [Ioki Torao-kun]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  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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