Nishi-Sakawa Station


Nishi-Sakawa Station is a railway station on the Dosan Line in Sakawa, Takaoka District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "K12".

Lines

The station is served by JR Shikoku's Dosan Line and is located 152.4 km from the beginning of the line at.

Layout

The station consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. A station building, which is unstaffed, serves as a waiting room. A footbridge connects to the island platform. A siding juts partially into the other side of the side platform.

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 30 March 1924 when the then Kōchi Line was constructed from to. At this time the station was operated by Japanese Government Railways, later becoming Japanese National Railways. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.
The station became unstaffed on 1 September 2010 when JR Shikoku closed its ticket counter. In 2016, JR Shikoku handed the station building over to the Sakawa Town authorities who renovated it. On 23 February 2017, the Niyodo Blue Tourism Association, a body which promotes tourism in the Niyodogawa river valley, moved its offices into the station building and also set up a tourist information centre there.