Nitanai Station

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).

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	39.4068°N 141.1409°E / 39.4068; 141.1409
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
Preceding station JR East Following station Hanamaki Terminus Kamaishi Line Local Shin-Hanamaki towards Kamaishi
Location Nitanai Station Location within Iwate Prefecture Show map of Iwate Prefecture Nitanai Station Nitanai Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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

• Kitakami River
• National Route 4
• Hanamaki Airport

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

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.
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.

External links

Media related to Nitanai Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)