Torinoki Station | |
Native Name: | 鳥ノ木駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR Shikoku |
Address: | Shimoagawa, Iyo City, Ehime Prefecture 799-3111 |
Country: | Japan |
Distance: | from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Tracks: | 1 |
Structure: | At grade |
Bicycle: | Bike shed |
Accessible: | Yes - ramp to platform |
Code: | U04 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 356 |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Ehime Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Torinoki Station |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Iyo, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "U04".[1]
Torinoki Station is served by the JR Shikoku Yosan Line and is located 204.8 km from the beginning of the line at . Only Yosan Line local trains stop at the station and these ply the sectors - via or - via the Uchiko branch. Connections with other services are needed to travel further east of Matsuyama.[2]
The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. There is no station building, only a simple shelter for waiting passengers. A "tickets corner" (a small shelter housing an automatic ticket vending machine) is placed on the ramp which leads to the platform from the access road. A bicycle shed has been erected near the base of the ramp.[3] [4] [5]
Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station as a new stop on the existing Yosan Line on 1 November 1986. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.