is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

located in the city of Susaki,

Kōchi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kōchi Prefecture has a population of 757,914 (1 December 2011) and has a geographic area of 7,103 km2 (2,742 sq mi). Kōchi Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the northwest and ...

, Japan. It is operated by

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and has the station number "K21".

Lines

The station is served by JR Shikoku's

Dosan Line is a railway line in Shikoku, Japan, operated by the Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku). It connects Tadotsu Station in Tadotsu, Kagawa, and Kubokawa Station in Shimanto, Kōchi. The line links the city of Kōchi with northern Shikoku and t ...

and is located 173.6 km from the beginning of the line at .

Layout

The unstaffed station consists of a

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

serving a single track. There is no station building, only a weather shelter on the platform for waiting passengers. A ramp leads up to the platform from the access road. A public telephone callbox is provided at the base of the ramp. Parking is available in the open space around the station entrance. The side platform was formerly an island platform. There are also the remains of a former freight platform. File:Awa station 01.jpg, Surrounding area of Awa Station in 2010 looking in the direction of . The parking area and the remains of the freight platform can be seen.

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 15 September 1939 when the Dosan Line was extended westwards from to . At this time the station was operated by

Japanese Government Railways The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Railways ( ja, 鉄道省, Tetsudō-shō, ) until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Rai ...

, later becoming

Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

(JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.

Surrounding area

Japan National Route 56 National Route 56 is a national highway of Japan connecting Kōchi, Kōchi and Matsuyama, Ehime. Route data *Length: 300.2 km (186.54 mi). References 056 56 may refer to: * 56 (number) * one of the years 56 BC, AD 56, 1856, 1956, ...

References

External links

JR Shikoku timetable
Railway stations in Kōchi Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1939 Susaki, Kōchi {{Kochi-rail-station-stub