Tateda Station

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Tateda Station

立田駅
Tateda station 02.jpg
Tateda Station in 2010
LocationTateda, Nankoku-shi, Kōchi-ken 783-0091
Japan
Coordinates33°34′14″N 133°40′14″E / 33.570637°N 133.670444°E / 33.570637; 133.670444Coordinates: 33°34′14″N 133°40′14″E / 33.570637°N 133.670444°E / 33.570637; 133.670444
Operated byTosa Kuroshio Railway
Line(s) Asa Line
Distance2.9 km from Gomen (start of the Dosan Line)
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeGN38
History
Opened1 July 2002 (2002-07-01)
Passengers
FY201124 daily
Location
Tateda Station is located in Japan
Tateda Station
Tateda Station
Location within Japan

Tateda Station (立田駅, Tateda-eki) is a railway station in Nankoku, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN38".[1][2]

Lines[]

The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 2.9 km from the beginning of the line at Gomen.[3] Only local trains on the line stop at the station.[4]

Layout[]

The station consists of a side platform serving a single elevated track. There is no station building but the platform has a shelter for waiting passengers. Access to the platform is by means of a flight of steps. A toilet building has been step up under the elevated structure.[2][5]

Adjacent stations[]

« Service »
Asa Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Gomenmachi Local Noichi

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 Tateda Station is a girl in a blue flight attendant's uniform named Tateda Sorakochan (たてだ そらこちゃん). A statue of this mascot is located near the steps leading to the platform. The toilet building nearby also shares the aviation theme by having decorative propellors protruding from the roof. The choice of theme is based on the fact that Tateda near to Kōchi Airport.[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 24 passengers daily.[7]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "立田" [Tateda]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  3. ^ 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. 49, 85. ISBN 9784062951609.
  4. ^ "時刻表 ごめん・なはり線" [Timetable Gomen-Nahari Line] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  5. ^ "立田" [Tateda]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  6. ^ "たてだ そらこちゃん" [Tateda Sorakochan]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 16 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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