Kotsunagi Station (小繋駅, Kotsunagi-eki) is a railway station on the Iwate Ginga Railway Line in Ichinohe, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Iwate Ginga Railway Company.
Kotsunagi Station 小繋駅 | |||||
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 Kotsunagi Station in September 2006 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 3-2 Kotsunagi Nishidashi, Ichinohe-machi, Ninohe-gun, Iwate-ken 028-5132 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 40°07′23″N 141°15′38″E / 40.123129°N 141.260444°E | ||||
| Operated by |  Iwate Galaxy Railway Company | ||||
| Line(s) | ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line | ||||
| Distance | 52.2 km from Morioka | ||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 21 September 1909 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2015 | 16 daily | ||||
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Lines
editKotsunagi Station is served by the Iwate Ginga Railway Line, and is located 52.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Morioka Station and 587.5 kilometers from Tokyo Station.
Station layout
editKotsunagi Station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected to the station building by an overhead crossing. The station is staffed.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line | for Ninohe and Hachinohe |
| 2 | ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line | for Iwate-Numakunai and Morioka |
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| Iwate Ginga Railway Line | ||||
| Oku-nakayama kōgen | - | Kozuya | ||
History
editThe station opened on 21 September 1909, on the site of a watering stop for steam locomotives that existed since 31 December 1904.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987,[1] 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 16 passengers daily.[2]
Surrounding area
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b 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. 415. 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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- Official website (in Japanese)