Ananai Station

Railway station in Aki, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan

33°30′22″N 133°51′52″E / 33.506151°N 133.864319°E / 33.506151; 133.864319Operated byTosa Kuroshio RailwayLine(s)■ Asa Line Distance23.6 km from GomenPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionStructure typeElevatedParkingAvailableBicycle facilitiesBike shedAccessibleNo - steps lead up to platformOther informationStatusUnstaffedStation codeGN29HistoryOpened1 July 2002 (2002-07-01)PassengersFY20118 daily

Location
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Ananai Station (穴内駅, Ananai-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Aki, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN29".^[1]^[2]

Lines

The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 23.6 km from the beginning of the line at Gomen.^[3] local trains and partly rapid train which runs in the morning stop at the station from 2021.^[4]^[5]

Layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two elevated tracks. There is no station building and the station is unstaffed but both platforms are equipped with shelters comprising both an open and an enclosed compartment. Access to the two platforms is by separate flights of steps. Near the station entrance, another timber-built waiting room has been set up, together with a bike shed and parking lots for cars.^[2]^[3]^[6]

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Asa Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Akano	Local	Kyūjōmae

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 Ananai Station is a figure with an eggplant for a head named Ananai Nasubi-san (あなないナスビさん). The design is chosen because eggplant is a specialty product of the area.^[7]

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.^[8]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 8 passengers daily.^[8]

Surrounding area

Japan National Route 55

References

^ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
^ ^a ^b "穴内" [Ananai]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b 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. 50, 86. ISBN 9784062951609.
^ "時刻表ごめん・なはり線" [Timetable Gomen-Nahari Line] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ About time schedule revision
^ "穴内" [Ananai]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ "あなないナスビさん" [Ananai Nasubi-san]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b 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.