is a passenger

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located in the city of

Kami are the deities, divinities, spirits, phenomena or "holy powers", that are venerated in the Shinto religion. They can be elements of the landscape, forces of nature, or beings and the qualities that these beings express; they can also be the sp ...

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 "D35".

Lines

The station is served by the JR Shikoku

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 97.6 km from the beginning of the line at .

Layout

The station consists of a

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and an

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serving three tracks, as illustrated below. Linked to the side platform is a small building which is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. A footbridge connects the side platform to the island platform, which has a weather shelter. A short siding juts partially into the other side of the side platform. File:JRS Shigetō sta.jpg, A view in the direction of . Note the deep ravine to the right. File:JRS Shigetō sta 05.jpg, Another view, this time in the direction of . Note the footbridge in the background.

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 21 June 1930 when the then Kōchi Line was extended northwards from to . At this time it was named and was operated by

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(JGR), later becoming

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(JNR). On 1 October 1963, it was renamed Shigetō. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku. On 5 July 1972, what became known as the "Shigetō disaster" occurred. Torrential rain over several days led to a series of landslides which engulfed part of the station and surrounding houses. Two locomotives and two passenger carriages were swept into the river valley below with some of the vehicles being carried onto the opposite bank. There were 60 deaths and the damage to the Dosan Line took 23 days to repair.

Surrounding area

*Kami City Shigeto Branch Office *Hokigamine Forest Park * Ananaigawa Dam

References

External links

JR Shikoku timetable
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shigeto Station Railway stations in Kōchi Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1930 Kami, Kōchi