Ioki Station | |
Native Name: | 伊尾木駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Ioki, Aki-shi, Kōchi-ken 784-0045 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | Tosa Kuroshio Railway |
Line: | Asa Line |
Distance: | 30.4 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Tracks: | 1 |
Structure: | At grade |
Bicycle: | Bike shed |
Accessible: | Yes - ramp to platform |
Code: | GN26 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 57 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2011 |
Map Type: | Japan Kochi Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Ioki Station |
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 "GN26".[1]
The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 30.4 km from the beginning of the line at .[2] All Asa Line trains, rapid and local, stop at the station except for those which start or end their trips at .[3]
The station consists of a side platform serving a single track at grade. There is no station building but a shelter comprising both an enclosed and an open compartment has been set up on the platform. A separate waiting room and bicycle shed, both built of timber, have been set up next to the ramp which leads to the platform from the station forecourt.[4] [2] [5]
Each station on the Asa Line features a cartoon mascot character designed by Takashi Yanase, a local cartoonist from Kōchi Prefecture. The mascot for Ioki Station is a figure dressed in a business suit and hat with a box for a head and holding a briefcase. His name is and is inspired by the character from the popular film series Otoko wa Tsurai yo. One title from the series about the traveling salesman Tora-san was to have been shot in Ioki for release in 1996 but was cancelled because of the death of the actor Kiyoshi Atsumi.[6]
The train station was opened on 1 July 2002 by the Tosa Kuroshio Railway as an intermediate station on its track from to .[7]
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 77 passengers daily.[7]
The station is located in a residential area.