Arayamae Station
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Arayamae Station 荒谷前駅 | |||||||||||
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 Arayamae Station, October 2010 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Kamimasuzawa Miyamori-chō, Tōno-shi, Iwate-ken 028-0302 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°18′35″N 141°25′43″E / 39.3097°N 141.4287°E | ||||||||||
| Operator | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line | ■ Kamaishi Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 36.4 km from Hanamaki | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 16 December 1924 | ||||||||||
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Arayamae Station (荒谷前駅, Arayamae-eki) is a railway station in the city of Tōno, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Arayamae Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 36.4 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.
Station layout
[edit]The station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The platform is curved. The station is unattended.
History
[edit]Arayamae Station opened on 16 December 1924 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).[1] 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
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 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
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Media related to Arayamae Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)