Ōiwa Station (大岩駅, Ōiwa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Iwami, Iwami District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Ōiwa Station 大岩駅 | |||||||
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 Ōiwa Station, April 2008 | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | Otani, Iwami-cho, Iwami-gun, Tottori-ken 681-0073 Japan | ||||||
| Coordinates | 35°34′0.96″N 134°18′30.46″E / 35.5669333°N 134.3084611°E | ||||||
| Owned by | .svg){kind=logo} JR West | ||||||
| Operated by | JR West | ||||||
| Line(s) |  San'in Main Line | ||||||
| Distance | 214.8 km (133.5 miles) from Kyoto | ||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||
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| Other information | |||||||
| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 1 January 1950 | ||||||
| Passengers | |||||||
| FY2018 | 204 daily | ||||||
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Lines
editŌiwa Station is served by the San'in Main Line, and is located 214.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kyoto. Only local trains stop at this station.
Station layout
editThe station consists of a single ground-level opposed side platform serving one bi-directional track. The station is unattended.
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Sanin Main Line | ||||
| Limited Express Hamakaze: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Iwami | Local | Fukube | ||
History
editŌiwa Station opened on January 1, 1950. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 204 passengers daily.[2][3]
Surrounding area
edit- Tottori Prefectural Route 328 Fukube Iwami Line (former National Route 9)
- Japan National Route 178
- Otani housing complex
- Iwami Municipal Iwami Nishi Elementary School
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kawashima, Reizo (2012). 山陽・山陰ライン - 全線・全駅・全配線』5 鳥取・出雲・尾道エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 5 Tottori/Izumo/Onomichi Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.
- ^ National land numerical information (passenger number data by station), viewed July 4, 2019
- ^ Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020
- Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 126–127. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
External links
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Media related to Ōiwa Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Ōiwa Station from JR-Odekake.net (in Japanese)
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