Shibutami Station
Shibutami Station (渋民駅, Shibutami-eki) is a railway station in the city of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Iwate Ginga Railway.[1]
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| Location | Shimoda-Jinba 65-1, Tamayama-ku, Morioka-shi, Iwate-ken 028-4134 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°50′5.5″N 141°9′16.2″E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Iwate Galaxy Railway Company | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 16.6 km from Morioka | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 December 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2015 | 660 daily | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
Shibutami Station is served by the Iwate Ginga Railway Line, and is located 16.6 kilometers (10.3 mi) from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station and 551.9 kilometers (342.9 mi) from Tokyo Station. Trains of the JR East Hanawa Line, which officially terminates at Kōma usually continue on to Morioka Station, stopping at all intermediate stations, including Shibutami Station.
Station layout
Shibutami Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line | for Morioka |
| 2 | ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line | for Iwate-Numakunai, Ninohe and Hachinohe |
| ■ Hanawa Line | for Ōbuke, Araya-Shinmachi and Kazuno-Hanawa |
History
Shibutami Station was opened on 1 December 1950.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987 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 660 passengers daily.[2]
Surrounding area
- Kitakami River
- Shibutami Post Office
- Takuboku Ishikawa Memorial Museum
References
- Iwate Galaxy Railway Co., Ltd. "Shibutami Station" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 30, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
- 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 on 2016-08-04. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
External links
- Official website(in Japanese)