Tateda Station

Tateda Station 立田駅
Tateda Station in 2010
General information
Location	Tateda, Nankoku-shi, Kōchi-ken 783-0091 Japan
Coordinates	33°34′14″N 133°40′14″E
Operated by	Tosa Kuroshio Railway
Line(s)	■ Asa Line
Distance	2.9 km from Gomen (start of the Dosan Line)
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	GN38
History
Opened	1 July 2002 (2002-07-01)
Passengers
FY2019	20 daily
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Tateda Station (立田駅, Tateda-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Nankoku, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN38".[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 2.9 km from the beginning of the line at Gomen.[3] Only local trains on the line stop at the station.[4]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single elevated track. There is no station building but the platform has a shelter for waiting passengers. Access to the platform is by means of a flight of steps. A toilet building has been step up under the elevated structure.[2][5]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Asa Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Gomenmachi		Local	Noichi

Station mascot

Each station on the Asa Line features a cartoon mascot character designed by Takashi Yanase, a local cartoonist from Kōchi Prefecture. The mascot for Tateda Station is a girl in a blue flight attendant's uniform named Tateda Sorakochan (たてだ そらこちゃん). A statue of this mascot is located near the steps leading to the platform. The toilet building nearby also shares the aviation theme by having decorative propellers protruding from the roof. This choice of theming is based on the fact that Tateda is near Kōchi Airport.[6]

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  Tateda Station entrance. Note the propellers on the toilet building and the mascot character. The steps leading to the platform are in the background.

History

The train station was opened on 1 July 2002 by the Tosa Kuroshio Railway as an intermediate station on its track from Gomen to Nahari.[7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 24 passengers daily.[7]

Surrounding area

• Nankoku Municipal Konan Junior High School
• Nankoku Municipal Nissho Elementary School
• Kochi National College of Technology
• Faculty of Agriculture, Kochi University

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
2. "立田" [Tateda]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
3. Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第1巻 四国東部エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 1 Eastern Shikoku] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 49, 85. ISBN 9784062951609.
4. "時刻表 ごめん・なはり線" [Timetable Gomen-Nahari Line] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
5. "立田" [Tateda]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
6. "たてだ そらこちゃん" [Tateda Sorakochan]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
7. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 173, 303. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

External links

Media related to Tateda Station at Wikimedia Commons