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).

Nitanai Station

似内駅
Nitanai Station in February 2007
General information
LocationKaminitanai dai-9 jiwari, Hanamaki-shi, Iwate-ken 025-0007
Japan
Coordinates39°24′24″N 141°08′27″E / 39.4068°N 141.1409°E / 39.4068; 141.1409
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Kamaishi Line
Distance3.5 km from Hanamaki
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened25 October 1913
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Hanamaki
Terminus
Kamaishi Line
Local
Shin-Hanamaki
towards Kamaishi
Location
Nitanai Station is located in Iwate Prefecture
Nitanai Station
Nitanai Station
Location within Iwate Prefecture
Nitanai Station is located in Japan
Nitanai Station
Nitanai Station
Nitanai Station (Japan)

Lines

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Nitanai Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 3.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Hanamaki Station.[1]

Station layout

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The station has a single island platform. The platforms are not numbered. The station is unattended.

Platforms

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station side  Kamaishi Line for Tōno and Kamaishi
opp side  Kamaishi Line for Hanamaki and Morioka

History

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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).[2] 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.[1]

Surrounding area

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ 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.
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