Tamboāto Station

Tamboāto Station
田んぼアート駅
Tamboāto Station platform in April 2016
Location Inakadate, Minamitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-1111
Japan
Coordinates 40°38′00″N 140°34′24″E / 40.63323°N 140.57344°E / 40.63323; 140.57344Coordinates: 40°38′00″N 140°34′24″E / 40.63323°N 140.57344°E / 40.63323; 140.57344
Operated by Kōnan Railway
Line(s) ■ Konan Railway Konan Line
Distance 13.4 km from Hirosaki
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Website Official website
History
Opened 27 July 2013 (2013-07-27)
Location
Tamboāto Station
Location within Aomori Prefecture
Tamboāto Station
Tamboāto Station (Japan)

Tamboāto Station (田んぼアート駅, Tanboāto-eki, lit. "Rice Paddy Art Station") is a railway station on the Konan Railway Konan Line in Inakadate, Aomori, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Konan Railway.

Lines

Tamboāto Station is served by the 16.8 km Konan Railway Konan Line between Hirosaki and Kuroishi and is located 13.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hirosaki.

Station layout

The station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is open only between April and November.[1]

Adjacent stations

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Konan Railway Konan Line
Onoekōkōmae Local Inakadate

History

Three former diesel cars preserved next to the line near the site of the current station in August 2012

Originally scheduled to open on 1 August 2013,[2] Tamboāto Station opened on 27 July 2013 at a cost of 31.2 million yen.[3] Construction of the new station was funded entirely by the village of Inakadate.[3]

Three former Konan Railway diesel cars, KiHa 2105, KiHa 2107, and KiHa 2230, were preserved next to the line for a number of years, painted in various bright colours, but these were due to cut up in November 2013 due to their poor condition.[4]

Surrounding area

A rice paddy art creation in Inakadate

The station was built to provide access to the nearby rice paddies used for creating rice paddy art each year.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Suga, Yoshitaka (November 2013). 弘南鉄道弘南線に「たんぼアート駅」開業 [Tamboāto Station opens on Konan Railway Konan Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 53 no. 631. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. p. 159.
  2. ↑ 田んぼアート駅　７月２７日開業／弘南鉄道 [Konan Railway Tamboāto Station to open on 27 July]. Mutsushinpo (in Japanese). Japan: Mutushinpou Co., Ltd. 26 June 2013. Archived from the original on 7 August 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 弘南線の新駅　「田んぼアート駅」開業 [New Konan Line station "Tamboāto" opens]. Yomiuri Online (in Japanese). Japan: The Yomiuri Shimbun. 26 July 2013. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  4. ↑ 旧黒石線の3車両解体へ／田舎館 [Inakadate: 3 former Kuroishi train cars to be cut up]. Web Too Nippo (in Japanese). Japan: The To-o Nippo Press Co.,Ltd. 17 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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