is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the

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).

Lines

Okamoto Station is served by the

Utsunomiya Line The Utsunomiya Line ( ja, 宇都宮線, ) is the name given to a 163.5 kilometer section of the Tōhoku Main Line between Tokyo Station in Tokyo and Kuroiso Station in Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan. It is part of the East Japan Railway Compan ...

( Tohoku Main Line), and lies 115.7 km from the starting point of the line at . Through services on the

Karasuyama Line The is a railway line in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects in the town of Takanezawa with in Nasukarasuyama. Services Trains run approximately once every hour, traveling the en ...

past its official terminus at and are also provided.

Station layout

This station has two

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 ...

s connected to the station building by a footbridge; however, only one side of each platform is in use. The station is staffed.

Platforms

History

Okamoto Station opened on 25 February 1897. JR East station information
With the

privatization Privatization (also privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when ...

of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2704 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* * Hirade Industrial Park

References

External links

JR East station information
{{Karasuyama Line Railway stations in Tochigi Prefecture Tōhoku Main Line Utsunomiya Line Karasuyama Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1897 Utsunomiya Stations of East Japan Railway Company