Shimoyama Station (Kōchi)

Shimoyama Station (下山駅, Shimoyama-eki) is a railway station on the Asa Line in Aki, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN25".[1][2]

Shimoyama Station

下山駅
Shimoyama Station in 2010
LocationShimoyama, Aki-shi, Kōchi-ken 784-0046
Japan
Coordinates33°27′29″N 133°56′53″E
Operated byTosa Kuroshio Railway
Line(s)■ Asa Line
Distance34.7 km from Gomen
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeEmbankment
Bicycle facilitiesBike shed
Disabled accessNo - steps to platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeGN25
History
Opened1 July 2002 (2002-07-01)
Passengers
FY201116 daily
Location
Shimoyama Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 34.7 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 two opposed side platforms serving two tracks on an embankment. There is no station building but both platforms have shelters comprising enclosed and open compartments. A separate waiting room and bicycle shed, both built of timber, have been set up near the station entrance. From the access road, a low flight of steps leads to the base of the embankment where there is a flight of steps which leads to one platform. Going through an underpass, there is another flight of steps to the other platform.[2][3][5]

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Asa Line
Ioki Rapid Tōnohama
Ioki Local Tōnohama

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 Shimoyama Station is a girl in a blue kimono with a white bird on her head. Her name is Shimoyama Chidori-chan (しもやま ちどりちゃん) and is inspired by the children's song Hama Chidori (浜千鳥) (Plovers on the Beach) written by local composer Ryūtarō Hirota. There is a monument to him at nearby Cape Oyama.[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 16 passengers daily.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. "下山" [Shimoyama]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  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, 86. ISBN 9784062951609.
  4. "時刻表 ごめん・なはり線" [Timetable Gomen-Nahari Line] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  5. "下山" [Shimoyama]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  6. "しもやま ちどりちゃん" [Shimoyama Chidori-chan]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  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.


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