Kintaichi-Onsen Station
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 | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | 14-1 Kintaichi Mizunashi, Ninohe-shi, Iwate-ken 028-5711 Japan |
| Coordinates | 40°19′23″N 141°18′14″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 |
| Location | |
  Kintaichi-Onsen Station Location within Japan | |
Lines
Kintaichi-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
Kintaichi-Onsen Station has one island platform and a single side platform connected to the station building by a footbridge.
Platforms
| 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 |
History
Kintaichi-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
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 186 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area
- Kintaichi Onsen
- Kintaichi Post Office
Bus services
- JR Bus Tohoku
- For Ninohe Station
- For Karumai
- Nanbu Bus
- For Sannohe
- For Ichinohe Station via Ninohe Station
See also
References
- 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.
- 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
- Kintaichi-Onsen Station information Archived 2020-01-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)