Tosa-Ikku Station

Railway station in Kōchi, Japan

■ Dosan Line

Distance122.7 km from TadotsuPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2 + 1 branch line/passing loopConstructionStructure typeAt gradeBicycle facilitiesDesignated parking lots for bikesAccessibleNo - platforms are linked by a footbridgeOther informationStatusUnstaffedStation codeD43HistoryOpened5 December 1925 (1925-12-05)PassengersFY2019708

Location
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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]

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.
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

Kochi Prefectural Kochi Higashi High School
Japan National Route 195 Bypass (Akebono Highway)
Kokubun River
Tosa Shrine

References

^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b "土佐一宮" [Tosa-Ikku]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
^ ^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.
^ "Tosa-Ikku Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
^ "時刻表ごめん・なはり線" [Timetable Gomen-Nahari Line] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
^ "土佐一宮駅" [Tosa-Ikku Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
^ 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.
^ 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.