Tōno Station (遠野駅, Tōno-eki) is a railway station in the city of Tōno, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Tōno Station 遠野駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Tōno Station in August 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 5-7 Shinkoku-chō, Tōno-shi, Iwate-ken 028-0522 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°19′57″N 141°31′50″E / 39.3324°N 141.5305°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Kamaishi Line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 46.0 km from Hanamaki | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island + side platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 18 April 1914 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2018 | 330 (daily) | |||||||||||||||
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Lines
editTōno Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 46.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.[1]
Station layout
editThe station has a single side platform and an island platform, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Kamaishi Line | for Tsuchizawa , Hanamaki and Morioka |
| 2 | ■ Kamaishi Line | for Kamaishi and Miyako |
| 3 | ■ Kamaishi Line | for starting trains |
History
editTōno Station opened on 18 April 1914 as a station on the Iwate Light Railway (岩手軽便鉄道),[1] 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 August 1936, becoming the Kamaishi Line.[2] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.[1]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 330 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area
edit- Tōno Post Office
- Tōno City Hall
- Tōno Zoo
- Nabukura Park
- Tōno Folklore Village
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c 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. 493. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
External links
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- Official website (in Japanese)