Tano Station (Kōchi)

Tano Station
Tano Station; 田野駅
	Tano Station in 2010
Location	Japan
Coordinates
Operated by	Tosa Kuroshio Railway
Line(s)	■ Asa Line
Distance	41.5 km from Gomen
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	Bike shed
Disabled access	No - steps to platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	GN22
History
Opened	1 July 2002
Passengers
FY2011	138 daily
Location
	Tano Station Location within Japan

Tano Station (田野駅, Tano-eki) is a railway station on the Asa Line in Tano, Aki District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway with the station number "GN22".[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Asa Line and is located 41.5 km from the beginning of the line at Gomen.[3] All Asa Line trains, rapid and local, stop at the station except for those which start or end their trips at Aki.[4]

Layout

The station consists of two side opposed platforms serving two elevated tracks. There is no station building but both platforms have shelters for waiting passengers. Access to the each platform is by separate flights of steps. Another shelter and a bike shed have been built near the base of the steps.[2][3][5]

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Asa Line
Yasuda	Rapid	Nahari
Yasuda	Local	Nahari

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 Tano Station is a samurai warrior named Tano Ishin-kun (田野いしん君).[6]

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 138 passengers daily.[7]

References

"Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
"田野" [Tano]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
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, 87. ISBN 9784062951609.
"時刻表ごめん・なはり線" [Timetable Gomen-Nahari Line] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
"田野" [Tano]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
"田野いしん君" [Tano Ishin-kun]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
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.

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[stationmap-1] "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 23 December 2017.

[hacchi-2] "田野" [Tano]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[kawashima-east-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. 50, 87. ISBN 9784062951609.

[tosatimetable-4] "時刻表ごめん・なはり線" [Timetable Gomen-Nahari Line] (PDF). Tosa Kuroshio Railway. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[nacl-5] "田野" [Tano]. nacl.sakura.jp. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[6] "田野いしん君" [Tano Ishin-kun]. gomen-nahari.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[terada-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.