is a railway station in the city of

Morioka is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Iwate Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. On 1 August 2023, the city had an estimated population of 283,981 in 132,719 households, and a population density of . The total area of t ...

Iwate Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. It is the second-largest Japanese prefecture (behind Hokkaido) at , with a population of 1,165,886 (as of July 1, 2023). Iwate Prefecture borders Aomori Pre ...

Japan, jointly operated by

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and 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 in ...

(JR East) and the operated by the third sector Iwate Ginga Railway Company.

Lines

Kōma Station is a terminal station on the JR East

Hanawa Line The is a railway line in Japan linking Kōma Station (Iwate), Kōma Station in Morioka, Iwate, Morioka, Iwate Prefecture and Ōdate Station in Ōdate, Akita, Ōdate, Akita Prefecture, Japan. The line extends 106.9 km (66.4 mi) with a total ...

, and is located 106.9 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Ōdate Station in

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. However, most trains continue on to

Morioka Station Morioka Station (, ) is a major railway station in Morioka, Iwate, Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR East. Lines Morioka Station is a major junction station, and is where the Akita Shinkansen splits off from the Tōhoku Shi ...

. It is also a station on the Iwate Ginga Railway Line, 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 (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

connected by footbridges, serving three tracks.

Platforms

History

Kōma Station opened on September 1, 1891, serving the village of Tamayama, Iwate. 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 *

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References

External links

Iwate Ginga Railway Station information

JR East Station information
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