Tōno Station

Tōno Station
遠野駅

Tōno Station, August 2007
Location 5-7 Shinkoku-chō, Tōno, Iwate
(岩手県遠野市新穀町5-7)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Kamaishi Line
History
Opened 1914
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2012) 357 daily

Tōno Station (遠野駅 Tōno-eki) is a railway station on the Kamaishi Line in Tōno, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Tōno Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 46.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.

Station layout

Tōno Station has a single side platform and an island platform, connected to the station building by an overhead crossing. The station has a Green Window staffed ticket counter.

Platforms

1  Kamaishi Line for Tsuchizawa , Hanamaki and Morioka
2  Kamaishi Line for Kamaishi and Miyako
3  Kamaishi Line for starting trains

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kamaishi Line
Miyamori Rapid Hamayuri Kosano
Ayaori Local Aozasa

History

Tōno Station opened on 18 April 1914 as a station on the Iwate Light Railway, which was nationalized in 1936, becoming the Kamaishi Line. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

External links

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Coordinates: 39°19′57″N 141°31′50″E / 39.3324°N 141.5305°E / 39.3324; 141.5305

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