is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

located in the city of Kōchi, the capital of

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

JR Shikoku The , commonly known as , is the smallest of the seven constituent companies of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates of intercity and local rail services in the four Prefectures of Japan, prefectures on the island of Shikoku in Jap ...

and has the station number "K03".

Lines

The station is served by JR Shikoku's

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 130.2 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 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 ...

'' - to , and *'' Shimanto'' - to , and *'' Ashizuri'' - to and

Layout

The station consists of two opposed

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, ...

s serving two tracks. A mock-Tudor style station building connected to platform 1 houses a waiting room and JR ticket window (without ''Midori no Madoguchi'' facilities). Access to platform 2 is by a footbridge.

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 15 November 1924 as an intermediate stop when the then Kōchi Line (later renamed the Dosan Line) was extended eastwards from to . 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.

Connections

, a tramstop on the operated by , is located about 300 metres from the station.

Surrounding area

*Kochi Gakuen Junior College *Kochi Municipal Kyokuhigashi Elementary School

References

External links

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Railway stations in Kōchi Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1924 Kōchi, Kōchi Dosan Line {{Kochi-rail-station-stub