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Kyūjōmae Station (Kōchi)

(literally, in front of the ball-park) 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 "GN28".

Lines

The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 26.2 km from the beginning of the line at . All Asa Line trains, both rapid and local, stop at the station.

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track on an embankment. There is no station building and the station is unstaffed but a waiting room which comprises both open and enclosed compartments has been set up on the platform. Access to the platform is by means of a flight of steps. A timber waiting room in traditional Japanese architectural style has been set up at the base of the embankment together with a bike shed and parking lots for cars.

Adjacent stations

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 Kyūjōmae Station is a figure with a baseball for a head dressed in yellow baseball gear with vertical black stripes named . The baseball theme relates to the baseball stadium near to the station.

History

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

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 222 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

See also

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