Kintaichi-Onsen Station

Kintaichi-Onsen Station (金田一温泉駅, Kintaichi-Onsen-eki) is a railway station on the Iwate Ginga Railway Line in the city of Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Iwate Ginga Railway Company.

Kintaichi-Onsen Station 金田一温泉駅
Kintaichi-Onsen Station in July 2007
General information
Location	14-1 Kintaichi Mizunashi, Ninohe-shi, Iwate-ken 028-5711 Japan
Coordinates	40°19′23″N 141°18′14″E
Operated by	Iwate Galaxy Railway Company
Line(s)	■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line
Distance	78.3 km from Morioka
Platforms	1 island + 1 side platform
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	18 October 1909
Previous names	Kintaichi (until February 1987)
Passengers
FY2015	186 daily
Location Kintaichi-Onsen Station Location within Japan

Lines

Kintaichi-Onsen Station is served by the Iwate Ginga Railway Line, and is located 78.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station^[1] and 613.7 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Kintaichi-Onsen Station has one island platform and a single side platform connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Platforms

1	■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line	for Ninohe and Morioka
2	■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line	(passing loop)
3	■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line	for Sannohe and Ninohe

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Iwate Ginga Railway Line
Tomai		-	Metoki

History

Kintaichi-Onsen Station opened on 18 October 1909 as Kintaichi Station (金田一駅, Kintaichi-eki) on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR).^[2] It was renamed Kintaichi-Onsen Station on 1 February 1987.^[2] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987,^[2] 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 186 passengers daily.^[3]

Surrounding area

• Kintaichi Onsen
• Kintaichi Post Office

Bus services

• JR Bus Tohoku
  • For Ninohe Station
  • For Karumai
• Nanbu Bus
  • For Sannohe
  • For Ichinohe Station via Ninohe Station

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 198. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
2. 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. pp. 415–416. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
3. 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 (PDF) on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

External links

• Kintaichi-Onsen Station information Archived 2020-01-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)