Tosa Kuroshio Railway Asa Line

The Asa Line (阿佐線, Asa-sen) is a Japanese railway line operated by Tosa Kuroshio Railway that connects Nankoku and Nahari in Kōchi Prefecture.

History

In 1959 it was decided to build a JR line from Gomen (on the Dosan Line), east of Kochi, to Muroto, where it would connect with the planned extension of the JR Mugi Line from Tokushima. Construction commenced in 1965 and continued until work was suspended in 1980.

In 1988 construction work was recommenced by the Tosa Kusoshio Railway Co., and the line opened in 2002 as the Asa line. Extension of the line to Muroto has not been proposed to date.

Former connecting lines

The Tosa Electric Railway Co. opened a tramway from Kochi to Gomen in 1924, extended to Aki (27km in total) in 1930. The line was electrified at 600v DC in 1949. The line closed in 1974, the route being parallel to the Asa line though there was no physical connection at Gomen.

Stations

ID	Name		Distance (km)	Rapid	Connections	Location
GN40	Gomen	後免	0.0	●	JR Shikoku: Dosan Line (D40)	Nankoku	Kōchi Prefecture
GN39	Gomenmachi	後免町	1.1	●	Tosaden Kōtsū Gomen Line
GN38	Tateda	立田	2.9	｜
GN37	Noichi	のいち	5.7	●		Kōnan
GN36	Kochi	よしかわ	8.0	｜
GN35	Akaoka	あかおか	9.3	●
GN34	Kagami	香我美	10.7	｜
GN33	Kochi	夜須	12.4	●
GN32	Nishibun	西分	16.4	｜		Geisei
GN31	Wajiki	和食	18.2	●
GN30	Akano	赤野	19.6	｜		Aki
GN29	Ananai	穴内	23.6	｜
GN28	Kochi	球場前	26.2	●
GN27	Aki	安芸	27.7	●
GN26	Ioki	伊尾木	30.4	●
GN25	Kochi	下山	34.7	●
GN24	Tōnohama	唐浜	37.0	●		Yasuda
GN23	Kochi	安田	38.7	●
GN22	Kochi	田野	41.5	●		Tano
GN21	Nahari	奈半利	42.7	●		Nahari

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia