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).
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){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 Location within Iwate Prefecture  Oyamada Station Oyamada Station (Japan) | |||||||||||
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 edit
Media related to Oyamada Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)