Motegi Station

Motegi Station 茂木駅
Motegi Station (October 2006)
Location	Motegi, Motegi, Haga, Tochigi （栃木県芳賀郡茂木町大字茂木） Japan
Operated by	Mooka Railway
Line(s)	Mooka Line
History
Opened	1920
Traffic

Passengers (FY 2012)	376 daily

Motegi Station (茂木駅, Motegi-eki) is a railway station in Motegi, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Mooka Railway.

Lines

Motegi Station is a terminal station for the Mooka Line, and is located 41.9 rail kilometers from the opposite terminus of the line at Shimodate Station.

Station layout

Motegi Station has one side platform. The station also has a steam-powered railway turntable for use by steam locomotives

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Mooka Line
Ichihana	SL Mooka	Terminus
Ten'yaba	Local	Terminus

History

Motegi Station opened on 15 December 1920 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway, which subsequently became the Japanese National Railways (JNR). The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, and the Mooka Railway from 11 April 1988.

Surrounding area

Motegi Town Hall
Motegi Post Office

External links

Media related to Motegi Station at Wikimedia Commons

Mooka Railway Station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Mooka Railway Mooka Line

Shimodate Shimodate-Nikōmae Orimoto Higuchi Kugeta Terauchi Mōka Kitamōka Nishidai Kitayama Mashiko Nanai Tatara Ichihana Sasaharada Ten'yaba Motegi

Coordinates: 36°31′51″N 140°10′54″E / 36.530714°N 140.18155°E / 36.530714; 140.18155

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