Minohamagakuen Station
Minohamagakuen Station (美乃浜学園駅, Minohamagakuen-eki) is a passenger railway station on the Minato Line in the city of Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Hitachinaka Seaside Railway. Built as an infill station, it serves a new school located near the station, named Minohama Gakuen. The station opened on 13 March 2021.[1]
Minohamagakuen Station 美乃浜学園駅 | |||||||||||
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 Station platform, November 2021 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Isozaki, Hitachinaka, Ibaraki-ken Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36.372610°N 140.616985°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Hitachinaka Seaside Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Minato Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 12.6 km from Katsuta | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 (1 side platform) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
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| Opening | 13 March 2021 | ||||||||||
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  Minohamagakuen Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture  Minohamagakuen Station Minohamagakuen Station (Japan) | |||||||||||
Lines
Minohamagakuen Station is served by the 14.3 km (8.9 mi) single-track Hitachinaka Seaside Railway Minato Line from Katsuta to Ajigaura, and is located between Hiraiso and Isozaki stations, 12.6 km (7.8 mi) from the starting point of the line at Katsuta.[2]
Station layout
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a single side platform featuring fences to prevent passengers from falling onto the tracks.[3][4]
History
The station was built concurrently with Minohama Gakuen ("Minohama School"), a nearby school for elementary through junior high students which formed as a merging of previous schools in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki.[3] The name of the school and station originates from beaches on Isozaki which were named "Minohama" in Man'yōshū.
Subsidies for the station's construction were paid by JRTT.[5] The name of the new station was formally unveiled on 26 May 2020.[2] It opened in March 2021.[6]
Surrounding area
- Minohama School
See also
References
- "湊線のダイヤ改正について（お知らせ）" (PDF) (in Japanese). Hitachinaka Seaside Railway. 12 February 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- 平磯～磯崎間の新駅名は「美乃浜学園」駅に決定しました。 [Determined a new station which is located between Hiraiso and Isozaki name to "Minohamagakuen"]. Hitachinaka Seaside Railway (in Japanese). Japan: ひたちなか海浜鉄道. 25 May 2020. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- material for school and station
- "ひたちなか市立美乃浜学園整備基本計画" (PDF). a board of education of Hitachinaka City. 2020-02-04. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
- "Material about payment of subsidy" (PDF). JRTT. 2020-02-04. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
- about revisioning timetable