Shimoyama Station (Kōchi)

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Shimoyama Station

下山駅
Shimoyama station kochi 03.jpg
Shimoyama Station in 2010
LocationShimoyama, Aki-shi, Kōchi-ken 784-0046
Japan
Coordinates33°27′29″N 133°56′53″E / 33.458148°N 133.948069°E / 33.458148; 133.948069Coordinates: 33°27′29″N 133°56′53″E / 33.458148°N 133.948069°E / 33.458148; 133.948069
Operated byTosa Kuroshio Railway
Line(s)■ Asa Line
Distance34.7 km from Gomen
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeEmbankment
Bicycle facilitiesBike shed
Disabled accessNo - steps to platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeGN25
History
Opened1 July 2002 (2002-07-01)
Passengers
FY201116 daily
Location
Shimoyama Station is located in Japan
Shimoyama Station
Shimoyama Station
Location within Japan

Shimoyama Station (下山駅, Shimoyama-eki) is a railway station on the Asa Line in Aki, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN25".[1][2]

Lines[]

The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 34.7 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 two opposed side platforms serving two tracks on an embankment. There is no station building but both platforms have shelters comprising enclosed and open compartments. A separate waiting room and bicycle shed, both built of timber, have been set up near the station entrance. From the access road, a low flight of steps leads to the base of the embankment where there is a flight of steps which leads to one platform. Going through an underpass, there is another flight of steps to the other platform.[2][3][5]

Adjacent stations[]

« Service »
Asa Line
Ioki Rapid Tōnohama
Ioki Local Tōnohama

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 Shimoyama Station is a girl in a blue kimono with a white bird on her head. Her name is Shimoyama Chidori-chan (しもやま ちどりちゃん) and is inspired by the children's song Hama Chidori (浜千鳥) (Plovers on the Beach) written by local composer Ryūtarō Hirota. There is a monument to him at nearby Cape Oyama.[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 16 passengers daily.[7]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "下山" [Shimoyama]. 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. ^ "下山" [Shimoyama]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  6. ^ "しもやま ちどりちゃん" [Shimoyama Chidori-chan]. 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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