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).
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.
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). 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.
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.
External links
Media related to Nitanai Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)