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Tomai Station

Railway station in Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

40°17′08″N 141°17′28″E / 40.285517°N 141.291097°E / 40.285517; 141.291097Operated by

Iwate Galaxy Railway CompanyLine(s)■ Iwate Ginga Railway LineDistance73.7 km from MoriokaPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt gradeOther informationStatusUnstaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened1 October 1966PassengersFY2015143 daily

Location
Tomai Station Location within Japan

Tomai Station (斗米駅, Tomai-eki) is a railway station on the Iwate Ginga Railway Line in Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Iwate Ginga Railway Company.

Lines

Tomai Station is served by the Iwate Ginga Railway Line, and is located 73.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station^[1] and 609.0 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Tomai Station has two opposed side platforms connected by an underground passage. There is no station building, but only small shelters on the platforms. The station is unattended.^{[citation needed]}

Platforms

1	■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line	for Ninohe and Morioka
2	■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line	for Sannohe and Ninohe

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Iwate Ginga Railway Line
Ninohe		-	Kintaichi-Onsen

History

The station opened on 1 October 1966.^[2] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of 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 143 passengers daily.^[3]

Surrounding area

References

^ 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.
^ ^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. pp. 415–416. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 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 on 2016-08-04. Retrieved 1 March 2017.