Nishi-Tomioka Station

Nishi-Tomioka Station
西富岡駅
NIshi-Tomioka Station, October 2008
Location Nanokaichi 671-8, Tomioka, Gunma
(群馬県富岡市七日市671-8)
Japan
Operated by Jōshin Dentetsu
Line(s) Jōshin Line
History
Opened 1937
Previous names Byōinmae (until 1953)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013) 195 daily

NIshi-Tomioka Station (西富岡駅, Nishi-Tomioka-eki) is a railway station in Tomioka, Gunma, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Jōshin Dentetsu.

Lines

Nishi-Tomioka Station is a station on the Jōshin Line and is 21.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Takasaki.

Station layout

The station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Jōshin Line
Jōshū-Tomioka - Jōshū-Nanokaichi

History

Nishi-Tomioka Station opened on 15 October 1937 as Byōinmae Station (病院前駅, Byōinmae-eki). Operations were suspended from 1 September 1951 to 15 January 1953, when the station reopened under its present name. The current station building was completed in 1968.

Surrounding area

See also

Coordinates: 36°15′36.44″N 138°52′59.51″E / 36.2601222°N 138.8831972°E / 36.2601222; 138.8831972

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