Kai-Ōshima Station

Kai-Ōshima Station (甲斐大島駅, Kai-Ōshima-eki) is a railway station on the Minobu Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) located in the town of Minobu, Minamikoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

Kai-Ōshima Station 甲斐大島駅
JR Kai-Ōshima Station, March 2006
General information
Location	Ōshima, Minobu, Minamikoma, Yamanashi （山梨県南巨摩郡身延町大島） Japan
Coordinates	35.3281°N 138.4523°E / 35.3281; 138.4523
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Minobu Line
Distance	39.8 kilometers from Fuji
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
History
Opened	April 8, 1919
Passengers
FY2016	4 daily
Location Kai-Ōshima Station Location within Yamanashi Prefecture Show map of Yamanashi Prefecture Kai-Ōshima Station Kai-Ōshima Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Kai-Ōshima Station is served by the Minobu Line and is located 39.8 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Fuji Station.

Layout

Kai-Ōshima Station has a single island platform connected to a small station building containing a waiting room by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platform

1	■ Minobu Line	For Fujinomiya, Fuji
2	■ Minobu Line	For Minobu,　Kōfu

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Minobu Line
Limited Express Fujikawa: Does not stop at this station
Utsubuna		Local		Minobu

History

Kai-Ōshima Station was opened on April 8, 1919 as a station on the original Fuji-Minobu Line. The line came under control of the Japanese Government Railways on May 1, 1941. The JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railway) after World War II. Along with the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company. The current station building was completed in February 2000.

Surrounding area

• Fuji River

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• Minobu Line station information (in Japanese)