Hottoyuda Station

Hottoyuda Station
ほっとゆだ駅
Hottoyuda Station in November 2011
Location Kawajiri40 jiwari 53, Nishiwaga-machi, Waga-gun, Iwate-ken 029-5500
Japan
Coordinates 39°18′52″N 140°46′33″E / 39.3145°N 140.7758°E / 39.3145; 140.7758
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■ Kitakami Line
Distance 35.2 km from Kitakami
Platforms 1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks 3
Construction
Structure type At grade
Other information
Status Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website Official website
History
Opened December 16, 1922
Previous names Rikuchū-Kawajiri Station (until 1991)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 109 daily
Location
Hottoyuda Station
Location within Japan
A Kiha 52 DMU at Hottoyuda Station in 2006

Hottoyuda Station (ほっとゆだ駅, Hottoyuda-eki) is a railway station on the Kitakami Line in the town of Nishiwaga, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Hottoyuda Station is served by the Kitakami Line, and is located 35.2 km from the terminus of the line at Kitakami Station.

Station layout

Hottoyuda Station has a side platform and an island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

Platforms

1 ■ Kitakami Line for Yokote
2 ■ Kitakami Line for Fujine and Kitakami

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kitakami Line
Yudakinshūko - Yudakōgen

History

The station opened on December 16, 1922, as Rikuchū-Kawajiri Station (陸中川尻駅).[1] It was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in April 1989, and rebuilt in January 1995. The station was renamed Hottoyuda Station on June 20, 1991.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 109 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sone, Satoru (2009). No.21 釜石線・山田線・岩泉線・北上線・八戸線. 週刊 歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 国鉄・JR (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun: 23.
  2. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.

Official website (in Japanese)

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