is a passenger

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located in the town of Ōtoyo, Nagaoka District,

Kōchi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kōchi Prefecture has a population of 669,516 (1 April 2023) and has a geographic area of 7,103 km2 (2,742 sq mi). Kōchi Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the northwest and Tok ...

, Japan. It is operated by

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and has the station number "D32".

Lines

The station is served by the JR Shikoku

Dosan Line The is a railway line in Shikoku, Japan, operated by the Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku). It connects Tadotsu Station in Tadotsu, Kagawa, Tadotsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Kagawa, and Kubokawa Station in Shimanto, Kōchi (town), Shimanto, Kōchi ...

and is located 87.2 km from the beginning of the line at . In addition to the local trains on the Dosan Line, some ''

Nanpū The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku), which runs from to . Trains are formed of 3-car or 2+3 car sets of 2700 series DMUs, and sometimes are coupled with '' Shimanto'' services betwe ...

'' limited express services from to Kōchi, Nakamura, and Sukumo, and '' Shimanto'' limited express services from

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to Kōchi, Nakamura, and Sukumo also stop at the station.

Layout

The station consists of an

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serving two tracks. The station building by the side of the tracks serves as a waiting room and also has a kan'i itaku ticket window. A pedestrian level crossing from the station building is used to access the island platform. There is also an enclosed shelter on the island platform for waiting passengers. Beside the station building is a freight platform and a third track which is used by track maintenance equipment. File:Ōsugi2.jpg, The station platform in 2007. The level crossing can be seen in the background.

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 20 December 1932 as the terminus of the then Kōchi Line which had been extended northwards from . At this time the station was operated by

Japanese Government Railways The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national rail transport, railway system directly operated by the until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Railways Group. Name The English name "Japanese ...

, 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 pre ...

(JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku. The original station building burnt down on 2 January 2004. A new building was constructed and opened on 12 March 2005. Students from a local junior high school participated in the design and construction of the new building. This reference has images of the old station building.

Surrounding area

* National Route 32 - runs parallel to the track on the other side of the Ananai River. *Ōtoyo town hall - about 500 metres away on National Route 32. * Sugi no Osugi - a pair of Japanese cedars joined at the base, said to be the world's tallest Japanese cedars and over 3,000 years old. The trees have been designated as a special national monument. The trees served as the inspiration for the design of the present station building. *Ōtoyo Chōritsu Ōtoyo-chō Junior High School - students from this school participated in the station reconstruction project.

References

External links

JR Shikoku timetable
{{DEFAULTSORT:Osugi Station Railway stations in Kōchi Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1932 Ōtoyo, Kōchi Dosan Line