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Kintaichi-Onsen Station (金田一温泉駅, Kintaichi-Onsen-eki) is a railway station on the Iwate Ginga Railway Line in the city of Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Iwate Ginga Railway Company.
Kintaichi-Onsen Station 金田一温泉駅 | |||||
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 Kintaichi-Onsen Station in July 2007 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 14-1 Kintaichi Mizunashi, Ninohe-shi, Iwate-ken 028-5711 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 40°19′23″N 141°18′14″E / 40.32306°N 141.303833°E | ||||
| Operated by |  Iwate Galaxy Railway Company | ||||
| Line(s) | ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line | ||||
| Distance | 78.3 km from Morioka | ||||
| Platforms | 1 island + 1 side platform | ||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 18 October 1909 | ||||
| Previous names | Kintaichi (until February 1987) | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2015 | 186 daily | ||||
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Lines
editKintaichi-Onsen Station is served by the Iwate Ginga Railway Line, and is located 78.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station[1] and 613.7 kilometers from Tokyo Station.
Station layout
editKintaichi-Onsen Station has one island platform and a single side platform connected to the station building by a footbridge.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line | for Ninohe and Morioka |
| 2 | ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line | (passing loop) |
| 3 | ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line | for Sannohe and Ninohe |
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iwate Ginga Railway Line | ||||
| Tomai | - | Metoki | ||
History
editKintaichi-Onsen Station opened on 18 October 1909 as Kintaichi Station (金田一駅, Kintaichi-eki) on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR).[2] It was renamed Kintaichi-Onsen Station on 1 February 1987.[2] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987,[2] and was transferred to the Iwate Ginga Railway on 1 September 2002.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 186 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area
edit- Kintaichi Onsen
- Kintaichi Post Office
Bus services
edit- JR Bus Tohoku
- For Ninohe Station
- For Karumai
- Nanbu Bus
- For Sannohe
- For Ichinohe Station via Ninohe Station
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 198. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
- ^ 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. pp. 415–416. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ 平成27年度 駅別乗降人員(1日平均) [Fiscal 2015 Station passenger figures (daily average)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Iwate Galaxy Railway Company. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
External links
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- Kintaichi-Onsen Station information Archived 2020-01-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)