is a railway 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 ...
in the town of
Ichinohe,
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 operated by the
third-sector railway operator
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
Oku-nakayama kōgen Station is served by 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 44.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at
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 ...
and 579.7 kilometers from
Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station ( ja, 東京駅, ) is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Tokyo Imperial Palace, Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is ...
.
Station layout
Oku-nakayama kōgen Station has an
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 ...
and 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 ...
connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Platforms
Adjacent stations
History
The station opened on 1 September 1891 as .
It was renamed on 11 September 1915.
The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of
Japanese National Railways
The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...
(JNR) on 1 April 1987
and was transferred to the Iwate Ginga Railway on 1 September 2002. It was renamed Oku-nakayama kōgen Station at the same time.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 355 passengers daily.
Surrounding area
*Okunakayama Post Office
Climate
See also
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List of Railway Stations in Japan
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan.
External links
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Railway stations
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It ...
References
External links
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Railway stations in Iwate Prefecture
Iwate Galaxy Railway Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1891
Ichinohe, Iwate