Gomen Station

The station is served by the Dosan Line and is located 116.2 km from the beginning of the line at {{STN|Tadotsu|x}}. Besides the local trains of the Dosan Line, the following JR limited express services also stop at Gomen Station:{{cite web|url=http://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/01_trainbus/jikoku/pdf/gomen.pdf|title=Gomen Station Timetable|publisher=JR Shikoku|access-date=16 February 2018}}

• Nanpū - {{STN|Okayama|x}} to {{STN|Kōchi|x|Kōchi}}, {{STN|Nakamura|x}} and {{STN|Sukumo|x}}
• Shimanto - {{STN|Takamatsu|x|Kagawa}} to {{STN|Kōchi|x|Kōchi}}, {{STN|Nakamura|x}} and {{STN|Sukumo|x}}
• Ashizuri - {{STN|Kōchi|x|Kōchi}} to {{STN|Nakamura|x}} and {{STN|Sukumo|x}}

In addition the station is the start point and western terminus of the Asa Line (also known as the Gomen-Nahari Line). However, all its rapid and some local trains continue westwards to end at {{STN|Kōchi|x|Kōchi}} using the Dosan Line tracks.{{cite web|url=http://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/06d37b_331aa45878bd400596e2df83ec6e9b04.pdf|title=時刻表 ごめん・なはり線|trans-title=Timetable Gomen-Nahari Line|publisher=Tosa Kuroshio Railway|access-date=16 February 2018}}

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. Track/platform 0 (a siding) and track/platform 1 (bidirectional) is used by Asa Line trains while tracks/platforms 2 and 3 (both bidirectional) are used by Dosan Line trains. A passing loop runs alongside track 3.{{Cite book|last=Kawashima|first=Ryōzō|script-title=ja: 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第2巻 四国西部エリア|year=2013 |publisher=Kodansha|isbn=9784062951616|trans-title=Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 2 Western Shikoku|language=ja|pages=35, 74}}

The present station building is an elevated structure where passenger facilities are located on a bridge which spans the tracks. The station entrance is on the south side of the tracks from where elevators and stairs lead to the bridge structure on level 2 which houses ticket gates, a waiting area and a JR ticket window (with a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office) and a JR travel centre (Warp Plaza). From the bridge, separate stairs and elevators connect to all platforms. The bridge also connects to a second station entrance from road on the north side of the tracks.{{cite web|url=http://hacchi-no-he.net/line/dosan/station/0280_gomen.htm|title=後免|trans-title=Gomen|access-date=16 February 2018|website=hacchi-no-he.net}}{{cite web|url=https://www.shikoku.org.uk/JR/LINE/dosan/GOMEN.htm|title=後免駅|trans-title=Gomen Station|access-date=16 February 2018|website=shikoku.org.uk}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/01_trainbus/kakueki/gomen/|title=後免|trans-title=Gomen|access-date=16 February 2018|website=JR Shikoku Official Station Website}}

file:JR-Shikoku-GomenStation-Platform-type2.JPG|A view of the station platforms and tracks looking east. Note the hashigami station building across the tracks. Note also how track 1 (to the right) and track 0 (in the far distance) merge and then slope up towards {{STN|Gomenmachi|x}}.

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The station opened on 5 December 1925 as an intermediate stop when the then Kōchi Line (now Dosan Line) was extended from Kōchi eastwards and then northwards towards {{STN|Tosa-Yamada|x}}. At that time the station was operated by Japanese Government Railways (JGR). On 1 April 1987, Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, was privatised and control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.{{Teishajo|II|667}}{{Teishajo|I|217-218}}

On 1 July 2002, the Tosa Kuroshio Railway completed its track to {{STN|Nahari|x}} and operations commenced on the Asa Line with Gomen as the official start point.{{cite book | last = Terada | first = Hirokazu |script-title=ja: データブック日本の私鉄 |trans-title= Databook: Japan's Private Railways | publisher = Neko Publishing | date = 19 January 2013 | location = Japan |language= ja | pages = 173, 303 | isbn = 978-4-7770-1336-4}}

• Kochi Prefectural Kochi East Technical High School
• Kochi Prefectural Kochi Agricultural High School
• Nankoku Municipal Gomenoda Elementary School
• Nankoku City Nagaoka Elementary School

==See also==

• List of railway stations in Japan

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• [http://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/01_trainbus/kakueki/gomen/ Gomen Station (JR Shikoku)]{{in lang|ja}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20081019214906/http://www.tosakuro.co.jp/tosakuro/station_gomen_J.html Gomen Station (Tosa Kuroshio Railway)] {{in lang|ja}}

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