Tamboāto Station (田んぼアート駅, Tanboāto-eki) is a railway station on the Konan Railway Konan Line in Inakadate, Aomori, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Konan Railway.
Tamboāto Station 田んぼアート駅 | |||||
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 Tamboāto Station platform in April 2016 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Inakadate, Minamitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-1111 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 40°38′00″N 140°34′24″E / 40.63323°N 140.57344°E | ||||
| Operated by |  Kōnan Railway | ||||
| Line(s) | ■ Konan Railway Konan Line | ||||
| Distance | 13.4 km from Hirosaki | ||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Unstaffed | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 27 July 2013 | ||||
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Lines
editTamboāto Station is served by the 16.8 km Konan Railway Konan Line between Hirosaki and Kuroishi and is located 13.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hirosaki.
Station layout
editThe station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is open only between April and November.[1]
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| Konan Railway Konan Line | ||||
| Onoekōkōmae | Local | Inakadate | ||
History
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Originally scheduled to open on 1 August 2013,[2] Tamboāto Station opened on 27 July 2013 at a cost of 31.2 million yen.[3] Construction of the new station was funded entirely by the village of Inakadate.[3]
Three former Konan Railway diesel cars, KiHa 2105, KiHa 2107, and KiHa 2230, were preserved next to the line for a number of years, painted in various bright colours, but these were due to cut up in November 2013 due to their poor condition.[4]
Surrounding area
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The station was built to provide access to the nearby rice paddies used for creating rice paddy art each year.[3]
- Inakadate Relics Museum
National Route 102
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Suga, Yoshitaka (November 2013). 弘南鉄道弘南線に「たんぼアート駅」開業 [Tamboāto Station opens on Konan Railway Konan Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 53, no. 631. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. p. 159.
- ^ 田んぼアート駅 ７月２７日開業／弘南鉄道 [Konan Railway Tamboāto Station to open on 27 July]. Mutsushinpo (in Japanese). Japan: Mutushinpou Co., Ltd. 26 June 2013. Archived from the original on 7 August 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- ^ a b c 弘南線の新駅 「田んぼアート駅」開業 [New Konan Line station "Tamboāto" opens]. Yomiuri Online (in Japanese). Japan: The Yomiuri Shimbun. 26 July 2013. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- ^ 旧黒石線の3車両解体へ／田舎館 [Inakadate: 3 former Kuroishi train cars to be cut up]. Web Too Nippo (in Japanese). Japan: The To-o Nippo Press Co., Ltd. 17 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
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- Official website (in Japanese)