Tosa-Ikku Station (土佐一宮駅, Tosa-Ikku-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Kōchi city, the capital of Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "D43".[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the JR Shikoku Dosan Line and is located 122.7 km from the beginning of the line at Tadotsu.[3][4]

Although Gomen is the official western terminus of the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway Asa Line (also known as the Gomen-Nahari Line), all its rapid and some local trains continue towards Kōchi on the Dosan Line tracks with Tosa-Ikku as one of their intermediate stops.[5]

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two side platforms (not opposed) serving two tracks. A small waiting room has been erected to one side of the tracks. A ramp leads up to one platform from the waiting room. A footbridge is used to access the other platform. Designated bicycle parking lots are provided near the waiting room. There is a third track which branches off at the station which leads to the Kōchi Operations Centre (高知運転所, Kōchi-unten-sho) (a rail yard).[2][6][7]

  • The waiting room of Tosa-Ikku Station in 2008.
    The waiting room of Tosa-Ikku Station in 2008.
  • A view of the Kōchi Operations Centre in 2010. Trains enter the branch line for this rail yard from Tosa-Ikku.
    A view of the Kōchi Operations Centre in 2010. Trains enter the branch line for this rail yard from Tosa-Ikku.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
JR Shikoku
Dosan Line
Nunoshida Local Azōno
Tosa Kuroshio Railway
Asa Line
Nunoshida Local Azōno

History

The station opened on 5 December 1925 as an intermediate stop when the then Kōchi Line (now Dosan Line) was extended from Kōchi eastwards and then northwards towards Tosa-Yamada. At that time the station was operated by Japanese Government Railways, later becoming Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.[3][8]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b "土佐一宮" [Tosa-Ikku]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 26 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. 667. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  4. ^ "Tosa-Ikku Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  5. ^ "時刻表 ごめん・なはり線" [Timetable Gomen-Nahari Line] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  6. ^ "土佐一宮駅" [Tosa-Ikku Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  7. ^ 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. 36–37, 74. ISBN 9784062951616.
  8. ^ 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

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