Nitanai Station

Location
	Nitanai Station Location within Iwate Prefecture Nitanai Station Nitanai Station (Japan)

Nitanai Station

似内駅
Nitanai Station; 似内駅
	Nitanai Station in February 2007
General information
Location	Kaminitanai dai-9 jiwari, Hanamaki-shi, Iwate-ken 025-0007; Japan
Coordinates	39°24′24″N 141°08′27″E / 39.4068°N 141.1409°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Kamaishi Line
Distance	3.5 km from Hanamaki
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 October 1913
Services
Location
Location
	Nitanai Station Location within Iwate Prefecture Nitanai Station Nitanai Station (Japan)

Nitanai Station (似内駅, Nitanai-eki) is a railway station in the city of Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Nitanai Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 3.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Hanamaki Station.^[1]

Station layout

The station has a single island platform. The platforms are not numbered. The station is unattended.

Platforms

station side	■ Kamaishi Line	for Tōno and Kamaishi
opp side	■ Kamaishi Line	for Hanamaki and Morioka

History

Nitanai Station opened on 25 October 1913 as a station on the Iwate Light Railway (岩手軽便鉄道), 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 line was nationalized in 1936, becoming the Kamaishi Line. 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

References

^ ^a ^b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 490. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 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.

External links

Media related to Nitanai Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)

[teishajo1998-1] Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 490. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[railfan638-2] 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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