Iwate-Kamigō Station

Iwate-Kamigō Station
岩手上郷駅
Iwate-Kamigō Station in October 2010
Location Kamigōchō, Sakazawa 12, Tōno-shi, Iwate-ken 028-0776
Japan
Coordinates 39°17′06″N 141°35′09″E / 39.2849°N 141.5858°E / 39.2849; 141.5858Coordinates: 39°17′06″N 141°35′09″E / 39.2849°N 141.5858°E / 39.2849; 141.5858
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■ Kamaishi Line
Distance 53.8 km from Hanamaki
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type At grade
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Website Official website
History
Opened 18 April 1914
Previous names Kamigō Station (until 1916)
Location
Iwate-Kamigō Station
Location within Japan

Iwate-Kamigō Station (岩手上郷駅, Iwate-Kamigō-eki) is a railway station on the Kamaishi Line in the city of Tōno, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Iwate-Kamigō Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 53.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.[1]

Station layout

Iwate-Kamigō Station has a single island platform, serving two tracks. The platforms are not numbered The station is unattended.

Platforms

Entry side ■ Kamaishi Line for Kamaishi and Miyako
Opposite side ■ Kamaishi Line for Tōno and Hanamaki

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kamaishi Line
Tōno Rapid Hamayuri Kosano
Aozasa Local Hirakura

History

The station opened on 18 April 1914 as Kamigō Station (上郷駅), a station for freight services only 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 station began serving passengers from 15 May 1914.[1] The station was renamed Iwate-Kamigō on 10 February 1916.[1]

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]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Japan: JTB. p. 493. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. 1 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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