The station is served by the JR Shikoku Dosan Line and is located 87.2 km from the beginning of the line at Tadotsu.[3] In addition to the local trains on the Dosan Line, some Nanpū limited express services from Okayama to Kōchi, Nakamura, and Sukumo, and Shimanto limited express services from Takamatsu to Kōchi, Nakamura, and Sukumo also stop at the station.[4]
Layout
The station consists of an island platform 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.[citation needed] 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.[2] Beside the station building is a freight platform and a third track which is used by track maintenance equipment.[5][full citation needed]
The station platform in 2007. The level crossing can be seen in the background.
The station opened on 20 December 1932 as the terminus of the then Kōchi Line which had been extended northwards from Kakumodani. At this time the station was operated by Japanese Government Railways, later becoming Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.[3][6] 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.[7][8][9]
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.[10] The trees served as the inspiration for the design of the present station building.[7]
Ōtoyo Chōritsu Ōtoyo-chō Junior High School - students from this school participated in the station reconstruction project.
^Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 217–218. ISBN4-533-02980-9.
^ ab"全焼のJR大杉駅 地元中学生が新駅舎を提案" [JR Ōsugi Station burnt down. Local junior high school students propose new station building]. Kochi Shimbun. 10 September 2004. Archived from the original on 11 October 2004. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
^大杉駅再建日記 [Ōsugi Station reconstruction diary]. webpage (in Japanese). Japan: Ōsugi Junior High School. 2005. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
^"大杉駅" [Ōsugi Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2017. This reference has images of the old station building.
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