Nitanai Station
Nitanai Station (似内駅, Nitanai-eki) is a railway station in the city of Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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![]() Nitanai Station in February 2007 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Kaminitanai dai-9 jiwari, Hanamaki-shi, Iwate-ken 025-0007 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39.4068°N 141.1409°E | ||||||||||
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| Line(s) | ■ Kamaishi Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 3.5 km from Hanamaki | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 October 1913 | ||||||||||
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![]() Nitanai Station Location within Iwate Prefecture ![]() Nitanai Station Nitanai Station (Japan) | |||||||||||
Lines
Nitanai Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 3.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Hanamaki Station.[1]
Station layout
The station has a single island platform. The platforms are not numbered. The station is unattended.
Platforms
| station side | ■ Kamaishi Line | for Tōno and Kamaishi |
| opp side | ■ Kamaishi Line | for Hanamaki and Morioka |
History
Nitanai Station opened on 25 October 1913 as a station on the Iwate Light Railway (岩手軽便鉄道), a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) light railway extending 65.4 km from Hanamaki to the now-defunct Sennintōge Station (仙人峠駅).[2] The line was nationalized in 1936, becoming the Kamaishi Line. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.[1]
Surrounding area
See also
References
- 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. 490. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- Miyata, Hiroyuki (June 2014). 釜石線ショートヒストリー ~路線と蒸気機関車~ [A short history of the Kamaishi Line: The line and steam locomotives]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 54, no. 638. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. pp. 24–25.


