Kōma Station (Iwate)
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is a railway station in the city of
Morioka is the capital city of Iwate Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. On 1 February 2021, the city had an estimated population of 290,700 in 132,719 households, and a population density of . The total area of the city is . ...
,
Iwate Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. It is the second-largest Japanese prefecture at , with a population of 1,210,534 (as of October 1, 2020). Iwate Prefecture borders Aomori Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefectur ...
Japan, jointly operated by
East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...
(JR East) and the operated by the third sector
Iwate Ginga Railway Company The is a railway line in Japan operated by the " third sector" publicly and privately owned operator Iwate Galaxy Railway Company. It connects Morioka Station in Morioka, Iwate to Metoki Station in Sannohe, Aomori. Formerly part of the East Ja ...
.


Lines

Kōma Station is a terminal station on the JR East
Hanawa Line The is a railway line in Japan linking Kōma Station in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture and Ōdate Station in Ōdate, Akita Prefecture, Japan. The line extends 106.9 km (66.4 mi) with a total of 27 stations. Also known as the , the Hanawa Line i ...
, and is located 106.9 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at
Ōdate Station is a junction railway station in the city of Ōdate, Akita, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station also has a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight). Lines Ōdate Station is a station ...
in
Akita Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in ; "Tōhoku" in . Its population is approximately 966,000 (as of 1 October 2019) and its ge ...
. However, most trains continue on to
Morioka Station Morioka Station ( ja, 盛岡駅, ) is a railway station in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR East. Lines Morioka Station is a major junction station, and is served by both the Tōhoku Shinkansen and the Akita Shinkansen. I ...
. It is also a station on the
Iwate Ginga Railway Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by the " third sector" publicly and privately owned operator Iwate Galaxy Railway Company. It connects Morioka Station in Morioka, Iwate to Metoki Station in Sannohe, Aomori. Formerly part of the East J ...
, and is located 21.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station.


Station layout

Kōma Station is an elevated station with a single
side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...
and single
island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
connected by footbridges, serving three tracks.


Platforms


History

Kōma Station opened on September 1, 1891, serving the village of
Tamayama, Iwate was a village located in Iwate District, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. History Tamayama was created as an administrative entity on April 1, 1889, within Minami-Iwate District with the establishment of the municipality system. The new administrative ...
. A new station building was completed in May 2011.


Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,973 passengers daily.


Surrounding area

* National Route 4 * Kōma Post Office *
Kitakami River The is the fourth largest river in Japan and the largest in the Tōhoku region. It is long and drains an area of . page 793 It flows through mostly rural areas of Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures. The source of the river is the Mount Nanashirug ...


See also

*
List of Railway Stations in Japan The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan. External links {{Portal bar, Japan, Trains * Railway stations Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It ...


References


External links


Iwate Ginga Railway Station information

JR East Station information
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