Iwate-Kamigō Station

Iwate-Kamigō Station
岩手上郷駅

Iwate-Kamigō Station, October 2010
Location Kamigōchō, Sakazawa 12, Tōno, Iwate
(岩手県遠野市上郷町板沢12)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Kamaishi Line
History
Opened 1914
Previous names Kamigō (until 1915)

Iwate-Kamigō Station (岩手上郷駅 Iwate-Kamigō-eki) is a railway station on the Kamaishi Line in Tōno, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Iwate-Kamigō Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 53.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.

Station layout

Iwate-Kamigō Station has a single island platform, serving two tracks. The platforms are not numbered The station is unattended.

Platforms

Entry side  Kamaishi Line for Kamaishi and Miyako
Opposite side  Kamaishi Line for Tōno and Hanamaki

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kamaishi Line
Tōno Rapid Hamayuri Kosano
Aozasa Local Hirakura

History

Iwate-Kamigō Station opened on 18 April 1914 as Kamigō Station (上郷駅 Kamigō-eki) on the Iwate Light Railway, which was nationalized in 1936, becoming the Kamaishi Line. The station was renamed to its present name on 10 February 1915. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

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Coordinates: 39°17′06″N 141°35′09″E / 39.2849°N 141.5858°E / 39.2849; 141.5858

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