Shingai Station

Shingai Station 新改駅
View from the platform; the track in the middle from left to right is the main line.
Location	Kami, Kōchi Japan
Operated by	JR Shikoku
Line(s)	Dosan Line
Other information
Station code	D36
History
Opened	1947
Previous names	Shinkai (until 1956)

Shingai Station (新改駅 Shingai-eki) is a railway station in Kami, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

• Shikoku Railway Company
  • Dosan Line (Station D36)

Layout

The station is one of two stations with switchback layout in Shikoku, the other being Tsubojiri Station. The single platform is on a siding divided from the middle of a 25 ‰ slope. A train from Tosa-Yamada first enters into the siding with the platform. After passengers getting on and off, it goes backward to another siding, again changes direction and enters to the main line toward Shigetō. Trains that do not stop at the station do not use the sidings.^[1]

History

Shinkai Signal Yard opened on November 28, 1935 and was converted to a passenger station on June 1, 1947. The station name was changed from Shinkai to Shingai, with no change of kanji script, on December 15, 1956.^[2]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Dosan Line
Shigetō		-	Tosa-Yamada

References

1. Soda, Keisuke (August 2003). 特集 スイッチバック [Featured Article: Switchback]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese) (Koyusha) (508): 43.
2. Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese) II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 666. ISBN 4533029809.

Coordinates: 33°38′57″N 133°41′42″E / 33.6492°N 133.6951°E