Shibutami Station

Shibutami Station
渋民駅
Shibutami Station, November 2011
Location Shimoda-Jinba 65-1, Tamayama-ku, Morioka-shi, Iwate-ken 028-4134
Japan
Coordinates 39°50′5.5″N 141°9′16.2″E / 39.834861°N 141.154500°E / 39.834861; 141.154500
Operated by Iwate Galaxy Railway Company
Line(s) ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line
Distance 16.6 km from Morioka
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type At grade
Other information
Status Staffed
Website Official website
History
Opened 1 December 1950
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 660 daily
Location
Shibutami Station
Location within Japan
Platform

Shibutami Station (渋民駅, Shibutami-eki) is a railway station in the city of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Iwate Ginga Railway. [1]

Lines

Shibutami Station is served by the Iwate Ginga Railway Line, and is located 16.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station and 551.9 kilometers from Tokyo Station. Trains of the JR East Hanawa Line, which officially terminates at Kōma usually continue on to Morioka Station, stopping at all intermediate stations, including Shibutami Station.

Station layout

Shibutami Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1 ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line for Morioka
2 ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line for Iwate-Numakunai, Ninohe and Hachinohe
  ■ Hanawa Line for Ōbuke, Araya-Shinmachi and Kazuno-Hanawa

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Iwate Ginga Railway Line
Takizawa - Kōma
Hanawa Line
Takizawa   express Hachimantai   Kōma
Takizawa   -   Kōma

History

Shibutami Station was opened on 1 December 1950.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987 and was transferred to the Iwate Ginga Railway on 1 September 2002.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 660 passengers daily.[2]

Surrounding area

References

  1. 1 2 Iwate Galaxy Railway Co., Ltd. "Shibutami Station" (in Japanese). Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  2. ↑ 平成27年度 駅別乗降人員(1日平均) [Fiscal 2015 Station passenger figures (daily average)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Iwate Galaxy Railway Company. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-04. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
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