Station of Tosa Electric Railway

Edagawa Station (枝川駅, Edagawa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Ino, Agawa District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "K06".[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by JR Shikoku's Dosan Line and is located 136.2 km from the beginning of the line at Tadotsu.[3] It is also across a street from the Tosa Electric Railway Ino Line tram stop, which is 9.2 kilometers from the terminus of that line at Harimayabashi in Kōchi.

Layout

The JR station consists of a side platform serving a single bidirectional track. There is no station building, but only a shelter on the platform.[2][4]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
JR Shikoku
Dosan Line
Asakura - Ino
Tosa Electric Railway
Ino Line
Nakayama - Inoshō-mae

History

The station opened on 1 November 1986 as an provisional stop. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku and Edagawa was elevated in status to a full station.[3][5]

Surrounding area

  • Kochi Prefectural Ino Commercial High School

See also

References

  1. ^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b "枝川" [Edagawa]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  3. ^ 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. 668. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  4. ^ 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. 44, 76. ISBN 978-4-06-295161-6.
  5. ^ 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

33°33′05″N 133°26′58″E / 33.551462°N 133.449542°E / 33.551462; 133.449542 (Tosa Electric Railway)