Oyamada Station
Oyamada Station 小山田駅 | |||||||||||
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 Oyamada Station in February 2007 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 8 Kōda, Hanamaki-shi, Iwate-ken 025-0013 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°24′31″N 141°11′38″E / 39.4087°N 141.1939°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg?lang=en){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Kamaishi Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 8.3 km from Hanamaki | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 October 1913 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2017-2018 | ||||||||||
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Oyamada Station (小山田駅, Oyamada-eki) is a railway station in the city of Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Oyamada Station is served by the 90.2 km Kamaishi Line, and is located 8.3 km from the starting point of the line at Hanamaki Station.
Station layout
[edit]The station has a single side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.
History
[edit]Oyamada Station opened on 25 October 1913 as the Kōda Stop (幸田停留場, Kōda Teiryūjō) on the Iwate Light Railway (岩手軽便鉄道), a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) light railway extending 65.4 km from Hanamaki to the now-defunct Sennintōge Station (仙人峠駅).[1] It became a full passenger station and was renamed Oyamada Station 23 November 1915.[2] The Iwate Light Railway was nationalized on 1 August 1936, becoming the Kamaishi Line.[2] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.[2]
The station building is scheduled to be rebuilt and replaced with a new single-storey wooden structure between December 2017 and February 2018.[3]
Surrounding area
[edit]The station is located in a rural area.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Miyata, Hiroyuki (June 2014). 釜石線ショートヒストリー ～路線と蒸気機関車～ [A short history of the Kamaishi Line: The line and steam locomotives]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 54, no. 638. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. pp. 24–25.
- ^ a b c Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 491. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ JR東日本，釜石線小山田駅のリニューアルに着手 [Work starts on rebuilding Oyamada Station on the JR East Kamaishi Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 1 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
External links
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Media related to Oyamada Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)