Wajiki Station (和食駅, Wajiki-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the village of Geisei, Aki District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN31".[1][2]
Wajiki Station 和食駅 | |
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![]() Wajiki Station in 2010 | |
General information | |
Location | Wajiki, Geisei-mura, Aki-gun, Kōchi-ken 781-5700 Japan |
Coordinates | 33°31′05″N 133°48′31″E |
Operated by | Tosa Kuroshio Railway |
Line(s) | ■ Asa Line |
Distance | 18.2 km from Gomen |
Platforms | 2 side platforms |
Tracks | 2 |
Construction | |
Structure type | Embankment |
Parking | Available |
Bicycle facilities | Bike shed |
Disabled access | No - steps to platform |
Other information | |
Status | Unstaffed |
Station code | GN31 |
History | |
Opened | 1 July 2002 (2002-07-01) |
Passengers | |
FY2011 | 223 daily |
Location | |
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The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 18.2 km from the beginning of the line at Gomen.[3] All Asa Line trains, both rapid and local, stop at the station.[4]
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks on an embankment. There is no station building and the station is unstaffed but a waiting room has been set up at the base of the embankment together with parking lots and a bike shed. Access to the platforms is by two separate flights of steps.[2][3][5]
« | Service | » | ||
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Asa Line | ||||
Yasu | Rapid | Kyūjōmae | ||
Nishibun | Local | Akano |
Each station on the Asa Line features a cartoon mascot character designed by Takashi Yanase, a local cartoonist from Kōchi Prefecture. The mascot for Wajiki Station is a kappa named Wajiki Kappa-kun (わじき カッパ君). The design is chosen because local folklore refers to kappa, a river Yōkai (imp or demon), inhabits the nearby Wajiki river.[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 223 passengers daily.[7]
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Stations of the Tosa Kuroshio Railway Asa Line (Gomen Nahari Line) | |
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