Kagami Station (香我美駅, Kagami-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kōnan, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN34".[1][2]
Kagami Station 香我美駅 | |
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![]() Kagami Station in 2010 | |
General information | |
Location | Kagamicho Kishimoto, Konan-shi, Kōchi-ken 781-5331 Japan |
Coordinates | 33°32′21″N 133°44′15″E |
Operated by | Tosa Kuroshio Railway |
Line(s) | ■ Asa Line |
Distance | 10.7 km from Gomen |
Platforms | 1 side platform |
Tracks | 1 |
Construction | |
Structure type | Elevated |
Parking | Available |
Bicycle facilities | Bike shed |
Disabled access | No - steps lead up to platform |
Other information | |
Status | Unstaffed |
Station code | GN34 |
History | |
Opened | 1 July 2002 (2002-07-01) |
Passengers | |
FY2011 | 96 daily |
Location | |
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The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 10.7 km from the beginning of the line at Gomen.[3] Only local trains stop at the station.[4]
The station consists of a side platform serving a single elevated track. There is no station building but an enclosed shelter is provided on the platform for waiting passengers. Access to the platform is by means of a flight of steps. a bike shed is provided underneath the elevated structure.[2][3][5]
« | Service | » | ||
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Asa Line | ||||
Rapid: Does not stop at this station | ||||
Akaoka | Local | Yasu |
Each station on the Asa Line features a cartoon mascot character designed by Takashi Yanase, a local cartoonist from Kōchi Prefecture. The mascot for Kagami Station is an figure with a mandarin orange for a head named Kagami Mikan-chan (かがみ みかんちゃん). The design is chosen because Yamakita Mikan (山北みかん) (Yamakita mandarin oranges) are a specialty product of the area.[6][7]
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.[8]
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 96 passengers daily.[8]
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Stations of the Tosa Kuroshio Railway Asa Line (Gomen Nahari Line) | |
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