Shingai Station


Shingai Station is a railway station on the Dosan Line in Kami, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "D36".

Lines

The station is served by the JR Shikoku Dosan Line and is located 103.9 km from the beginning of the line at.

Layout

The station is one of two stations with switchback layout in Shikoku, the other being. The single platform is on a siding located in the middle of a 25‰ gradient. Trains from first enter the siding with the platform. Trains then reverse to the other siding, change direction again, and enter the main line toward. Trains that do not stop at the station do not use the sidings.
The station is unstaffed. A small building connected to the side platform serves as a waiting room.

Adjacent stations

History

Shinkai Signalbox opened on 28 November 1935, and was converted to a passenger station on 1 June 1947. The station name in hiragana was changed from Shinkai to Shingai, with no change of kanji script, on 15 December 1956. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Shikoku.