Tosa-Ikku Station
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Tosa-Ikku Station 土佐一宮駅 | |||||
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 Tosa-Ikku Station in 2010 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 1 Ikkutokudani, Kōchi-shi, Kōchi-ken 781-8133 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 33°34′44″N 133°34′38″E / 33.5788°N 133.5772°E | ||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Shikoku | ||||
| Line | |||||
| Distance | 122.7 km from Tadotsu | ||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||
| Tracks | 2 + 1 branch line/passing loop | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||
| Bicycle facilities | Designated parking lots for bikes | ||||
| Accessible | No - platforms are linked by a footbridge | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Unstaffed | ||||
| Station code | D43 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 5 December 1925 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2019 | 708 | ||||
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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]
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.
A view of the Kōchi Operations Centre in 2010. Trains enter the branch line for this rail yard from Tosa-Ikku.
Adjacent stations
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
- Kochi Prefectural Kochi Higashi High School
- Japan National Route 195 Bypass (Akebono Highway)
- Kokubun River
- Tosa Shrine
