Shimoyama Station (下山駅, Shimoyama-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of 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 | |
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![]() Shimoyama Station in 2010 | |
General information | |
Location | Shimoyama, Aki-shi, Kōchi-ken 784-0046 Japan |
Coordinates | 33°27′29″N 133°56′53″E |
Operated by | Tosa Kuroshio Railway |
Line(s) | ■ Asa Line |
Distance | 34.7 km from Gomen |
Platforms | 2 side platforms |
Tracks | 2 |
Construction | |
Structure type | Embankment |
Bicycle facilities | Bike shed |
Disabled access | No - steps to platform |
Other information | |
Status | Unstaffed |
Station code | GN25 |
History | |
Opened | 1 July 2002 (2002-07-01) |
Passengers | |
FY2011 | 16 daily |
Location | |
![]() ![]() Shimoyama Station Location within Kochi Prefecture Show map of Kochi Prefecture![]() ![]() Shimoyama Station Shimoyama Station (Japan) Show map of Japan |
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]
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]
« | Service | » | ||
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Asa Line | ||||
Ioki | Rapid | Tōnohama | ||
Ioki | Local | Tōnohama |
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]
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]
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 16 passengers daily.[7]
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Stations of the Tosa Kuroshio Railway Asa Line (Gomen Nahari Line) | |
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