Ōhirashita Station

Ōhirashita Station 大平下駅
Ōhirashita Station, December 2007
Location	Ōhira-machi Tomita, Tochigi, Tochigi （栃木県栃木市大平町富田） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ryōmō Line
History
Opened	1895
Previous names	Tomiyama (until 1918)
Traffic

Passengers (FY2011)	500 daily

Ōhirashita Station (大平下駅, Ōhirashita-eki) is a railway station on the Ryōmō Line in Tochigi, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Ōhirashita Station is served by the Ryōmō Line, and is located 15.2 km from the terminus of the line at Oyama Station.

Station layout

Ōhirashita Station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ryōmō Line
Tochigi		-	Iwafune

History

Ōhirashita Station was opened on 8 March 1898 as Tomiyama Station (富山駅, Tomiyama-eki). It was renamed to its present name on 16 October 1918. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The layout of the station was reduced from two platforms serving three tracks to the present single platform/single track layout in 2001.

Surrounding area

former Ōhira Town Hall
Ōhira Post Office
Ōhirashita Hospital

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ohirashita Station.

JR East Station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Ryōmō Line

Oyama Omoigawa Tochigi Ōhirashita Iwafune Sano Tomita Ashikaga Yamamae Omata Kiryū Iwajuku Kunisada Isesaki Komagata Maebashi-Ōshima Maebashi Shin-Maebashi Ino Takasakitonyamachi Takasaki

Coordinates: 36°20′40″N 139°41′51″E / 36.3444°N 139.6974°E / 36.3444; 139.6974

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