Ariigawa Station | |
Native Name: | 有井川駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Ariigawa, Kuroshio-chō, Hata-gun, Kōchi-ken, 789-1903 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | Tosa Kuroshio Railway |
Line: | Nakamura Line |
Distance: | 27.6 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Tracks: | 1 |
Accessible: | No - steps lead up to platform |
Code: | TK33 |
Former: | Higashi-Ōgata (to 1982) |
Passengers: | 11 |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
Map Type: | Japan Kochi Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Ariigawa Station |
is a passenger railway station located in the town of Kuroshio, Hata District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the Tosa Kuroshio Railway and has the station number "TK33".[1] [2]
The station is served by the Tosa Kuroshio Railway Nakamura Line, and is located 27.6 km from the starting point of the line at . Only local trains stop at the station.[3]
The station, which is unmanned, consists of a single side platform serving a single line and is located on an embankment above farmland on both sides. There is no access road. A paved footpath from the mainroad ends in a flight of steps leading to the platform. There is a shelter on the platform for waiting passengers. The station is not wheelchair accessible.[2] [4] [5]
|-!colspan=5|Tosa Kuroshio Railway
The station opened on 1 October 1970 under the control of Japanese National Railways (JNR) with the name . On 15 November 1982, it was renamed Ariigawa Station. After the privatization of JNR, control of the station passed to Tosa Kuroshio Railway on 1 April 1988.[6]
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 15 passengers daily.[6]