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
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Kochi or Kōchi may also refer to:
People
* Kochi people, a predominantly Pashtun nomadic people of Afghanistan
* , a Japanese surname:
** Arata Kochi (born 1948 or 1949), Japanese physician and World Health Org ...
city, 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 "K04".
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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 131.3 km from the beginning of the line at .
Layout
The station, which is unstaffed, 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 curved section of track. There is no station building or shelter. A road viaduct crosses the tracks over part of the platform, providing cover from weather.
Adjacent stations
History
The station opened on 1 November 1986 as operated by 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 passed to JR Shikoku and it was renamed Kōchi-Shōgyō-Mae Station.
Connections
, a tramstop on the operated by , is located about 300 metres from the station.
Surrounding area
*Kochi Municipal Kochi Commercial High School
See also
* List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
*https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/01_trainbus/jikoku/pdf/kochi-shogyomae.pdf timestable]
Railway stations in Kōchi Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1986
Kōchi, Kōchi
Dosan Line
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