Shibutami Station

Shibutami Station 渋民駅
Shibutami Station, November 2011
Location	Tamayama-ku, Shimoda, Morioka, Iwate （岩手県盛岡市玉山区下田字陣場65-1） Japan
Operated by	Iwate Ginga Railway Company
Line(s)	Iwate Ginga Railway Line
History
Opened	1950
Traffic
Passengers (FY2012)	622 daily

Shibutami Station (渋民駅 Shibutami-eki) is a railway station in the city of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Iwate Ginga Railway. ^[1]

Lines

Shibutami Station is served by the Iwate Ginga Railway Line, and is located 16.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station and 551.9 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station. Trains of the Hanawa Line, which officially terminates at Kōma usually continue on to Morioka Station, stopping at all intermediate stations, including Aoyama Station.

Station layout

Shibutami Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by an overhead crossing.

Platforms

1

■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line

for Morioka

2	■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line	for Iwate-Numakunai, Ninohe and Hachinohe
	■ Hanawa Line	for Ōbuke, Araya-Shinmachi and Kazuno-Hanawa

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Iwate Ginga Railway Line
Takizawa		-	Kōma
Hanawa Line
Takizawa		express Hachimantai	Kōma
Takizawa		-	Kōma

History

Shibutami Station was opened on 1 December 1950.^[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987 and was transferred to the Iwate Ginga Railway on 1 September 2002.

Surrounding area

• Kitakami River
• Shibutami Post Office
• Takuboku Ishikawa Memorial Museum

References

1. Iwate Galaxy Railway Co., Ltd. Shibutami "Shibutami Station" Check |url= value (help) (in Japanese). Retrieved December 31, 2013.

External links

• Shibutami Station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 39°50′5.5″N 141°9′16.2″E / 39.834861°N 141.154500°E