Yasuda Station (Kōchi)
Lines
The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 38.7 km from the beginning of the line at Gomen. All Asa Line trains, rapid and local, stop at the station except for those which start or end their trips at Aki.
Layout
The station consists of a side platform serving a single elevated track. There is no station building but a shelter with both an enclosed and an open compartment has been set up on the platform. Access to the platform is by means of a flight of steps or an elevator.
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asa Line | ||||
| Tōnohama | Rapid | Tano | ||
| Tōnohama | Local | Tano | ||
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 Yasuda Station is a boy wearing a hat with a fish on it. Named Yasuda Ayu-kun (やすだ アユ君), the character is chosen because the nearby Yasudagawa river is known for its Ayu fish.
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.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 119 passengers daily.
See also
References
- ^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ "安田" [Yasuda]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ 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, 87. ISBN 9784062951609.
- ^ "時刻表 ごめん・なはり線" [Timetable Gomen-Nahari Line] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ "安田" [Yasuda]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ "やすだ アユ君" [Yasuda Ayu-kun]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ 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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