Yasuda Station (Kōchi)

Yasuda Station

安田駅
Yasuda Station; 安田駅
	Yasuda Station in 2010
General information
Location	Nishijima, Yasuda-cho, Aki-gun, Kōchi-ken 781-6423; Japan
Coordinates	33°26′36″N 133°59′03″E
Operated by	Tosa Kuroshio Railway
Line(s)	■ Asa Line
Distance	38.7 km from Gomen
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Accessible	Yes - elevator to platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	GN23
History
Opened	1 July 2002
Passengers
FY2011	119 daily
Location
	Yasuda Station Location within Japan

Yasuda Station (安田駅, Yasuda-eki) is a railway station on the Asa Line in Yasuda, Aki District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN23".[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 38.7 km from the beginning of the line at Gomen.[3] All Asa Line trains, rapid and local, stop at the station except for those which start or end their trips at Aki.[4]

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.[2][3][5]

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.[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 119 passengers daily.[7]

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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[stationmap-1] "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.

[hacchi-2] "安田" [Yasuda]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[kawashima-east-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. 50, 87. ISBN 9784062951609.

[tosatimetable-4] "時刻表ごめん・なはり線" [Timetable Gomen-Nahari Line] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[nacl-5] "安田" [Yasuda]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[6] "やすだアユ君" [Yasuda Ayu-kun]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[terada-7] 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.