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Tosaden Kōtsū
is a transportation company in Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan. The public company operates tram and bus lines. The company was established on October 1, 2014, by merging the businesses of , a tram and bus company, as well as its subsidiary , a bus company, and , a bus company. History Tosa Electric Railway was founded on July 8, 1903, and the tram line was opened on May 2, 1904. The company also operated a heavy railway line called , but it was closed in 1974. The company was commonly known as among locals, while people in other prefectures tend to call it , as the word ''Toden'' can be confusing with Tokyo Toden, Tokyo Metropolitan Tramway, which was commonly called . Tosa Electric Railway and Kōchiken Kōtsū introduced DESUCA, a smart card ticket system, from January 2009. In June 2014, the shareholders of Tosa Electric Railway and Kōchiken Kōtsū, both in the state of insolvency, approved the reconstruction plan, under which the companies' businesses be transferred to the n ...
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Kōchi Station (Kōchi)
is a passenger railway station located in the city center of Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku). In front of the station is Kōchi-Ekimae Station, a tram stop on the Tosaden Kōtsū Sanbashi Line. Lines The station is served by JR Shikoku's Dosan Line and is located 126.6 km from the beginning of the line at . It is also 179.3 kilometers from . Station layout Since the completion of the new station building and platforms on February 26, 2008, Kōchi Station has become a raised station with two island platforms served by four tracks. The new roof covering the station is affectionately referred to as the . It received the Landmark Prize at the seventh annual Japanese Railway Awards held by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. File:JR-Kochi-STA Gate.jpg, Ticket gate in 2021 File:Kochi sta05s3200.jpg, Platforms in 2008 History The station, one of the key stations of the Shikoku ...
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Ino Station (JR Shikoku)
is a passenger railway station located in the town of Ino, Agawa District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "K07". Lines The station is served by JR Shikoku's Dosan Line and is located 138.0 km from the beginning of the line at . In addition to the local trains of the Dosan Line, the following limited express services also stop at Ino Station: *''Nanpū'' - to , and *'' Shimanto'' - to , and *'' Ashizuri'' - to and Layout The station consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. A waiting room and JR ticket window are located inside the station building which is connected to the platform serving line 1. Ramps and a level crossing give access to the island platform serving lines 2 and 3. A passing siding is located beyond line 3. A bike shed and parking lots are located outside the station. File:Ino-Station-Platform-20100527.jpg, View of the station platforms in 2010 looking in the dir ...
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Tosa Kuroshio Railway Asa Line
The is a 42.7 km Japanese railway line operated by the third-sector railway operator Tosa Kuroshio Railway. It connects Gomen Station in the city of Nankoku with Nahari Station in the city of Nahari in Kōchi Prefecture. The line is also commonly known as the . Service outline Limited-stop "Rapid" services and some all-stations "Local" services inter-run over the JR Shikoku Dosan Line to and from Kochi Station. Trains are formed of single or two-car diesel multiple units. Stations Rolling stock A fleet of 11 9640 series ("9640" can be read as "Kuroshio" in Japanese) stainless steel-bodied diesel multiple unit cars are used on the line, including two cars, 9640-1S and 9640-2S with rounded front ends in a whale motif and an open observation balcony on one side. File:TK 9640-6.jpg, 9640 series car 9640-6 File:TK 9640-1.jpg, 9640 series car 9640-1S File:ごめん・なはり線9640形.jpg, 9640 series car 9640-2S History The Tosa Kuroshio Tetsudo was established on 8 May 1 ...
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Tosa Kuroshio Railway
The is a Public-Private_Partnerships_In_Japan, third-sector railway company in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. The name comes from the former Tosa Province and the Kuroshio Current. The company was founded in 1986, and operates three lines: a former Japanese National Railways (JNR) line (the Nakamura Line) and two planned JNR lines on which construction had commenced but then been suspended due to JNR construction funds being diverted to shinkansen projects in the 1980s (the Sukumo and Asa lines). After its formation, the company recommenced construction and subsequently opened the lines and now operates them. Ownership As of January 2013, shares in the company are owned by Kōchi Prefecture (49.1%), the city of Sukumo, Kōchi, Sukumo (8.3%), the city of Aki, Kōchi, Aki (7.3%), the city of Shimanto, Kōchi (city), Shimanto (6.4%), and Shikoku Bank (4.8%). Lines Tosa Kuroshio Railway operates the following three lines. *Tosa Kuroshio Railway Nakamura Line, Nakamura Line (labeled "TK" ...
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Gomenmachi Station
270px, Tosa Kuroshio Railway Gomenmachi Station is a train and tram station located in the same vicinity in the city of Nankoku, Japan. The train station is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN39". The tram station is the eastern terminus of the Gomen Line operated by Tosaden Kōtsū. Lines The train station is served by the Asa Line and is located 1.1 km from the beginning of the line at . All rapid and local trains on the line stop at the station. The tram station is the eastern terminus of the Tosaden Kōtsū Gomen Line and is located 10.9 km from the western terminus at . Layout The train station consists of a side platform serving a single elevated track. There is no station building but the platform has a shelter for waiting passengers. In addition, there is a traditional style tiled-roof waiting room set up under the elevated structure. Access to the platform is by means of a flight of steps. Bicycle parking is a ...
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Edagawa Station
is a passenger railway station located in the town of Ino, Agawa District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "K06". Lines The station is served by JR Shikoku's Dosan Line and is located 136.2 km from the beginning of the line at . It is also across a street from the Tosa Electric Railway Ino Line tram stop, which is 9.2 kilometers from the terminus of that line at in Kōchi. Layout The JR station consists of a side platform serving a single bidirectional track. There is no station building, but only a shelter on the platform. Adjacent stations History The station opened on 1 November 1986 as an provisional stop. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku and Edagawa was elevated in status to a full station. Surrounding area *Kochi Prefectural Ino Commercial High School See also * List of Railway Stations in Japan The links below contain all of the 8579 railwa ...
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Asakura Station (JR Shikoku)
is a passenger railway station located in the Asakura neighborhood of the city of Kōchi, the capital of Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "K05". Lines The station is served by JR Shikoku's Dosan Line and is located 132.7 km from the beginning of the line at . In addition to the local trains of the Dosan Line, the following limited express services also stop at Asakura Station: *''Nanpū'' - to , and *'' Shimanto'' - to , and *'' Ashizuri'' - to and Layout The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. A log-style station building connected to platform 1 houses a waiting room and JR ticket window with ''Midori no Madoguchi'' facilities. Access to platform 2 is by a level crossing and ramps. A short siding juts partially into the other side of platform 1. Parking lots are located outside the station. File:JRS Asakura sta.jpg, View of the station platforms in 2006 looking in the direction ...
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Asakura-Ekimae Station
is a tram station in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north .... Lines * Tosa Electric Railway ** Ino Line Adjacent stations , - !colspan=5, Tosa Electric Railway Railway stations in Kōchi Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1924 {{tram-stub ja:朝倉駅前駅 ...
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