Yasuda Station | |
Native Name: | 安田駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Nishijima, Yasuda-cho, Aki-gun, Kōchi-ken 781-6423 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | Tosa Kuroshio Railway |
Line: | Asa Line |
Distance: | 38.7 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Tracks: | 1 |
Structure: | Elevated |
Accessible: | Yes - elevator to platform |
Code: | GN23 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Passengers: | 119 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2011 |
Map Type: | Japan |
is a railway station on the Asa Line in Yasuda, Aki District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN23".[1]
The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 38.7 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 elevated track. There is no station building but a shelter with both an enclosed and an open compartment has been set up on the platform. Access to the platform is by means of a flight of steps or an elevator.[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 Yasuda Station is a boy wearing a hat with a fish on it. Named, the character is chosen because the nearby Yasudagawa river is known for its Ayu fish.[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 119 passengers daily.[7]