Kotsunagi Station

Railway station in Ichinohe, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

40°07′23″N 141°15′38″E / 40.123129°N 141.260444°E / 40.123129; 141.260444Operated by

Iwate Galaxy Railway CompanyLine(s)■ Iwate Ginga Railway LineDistance52.2 km from MoriokaPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt gradeOther informationStatusStaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened21 September 1909PassengersFY201516 daily

Location
Kotsunagi Station Location within Japan

Kotsunagi Station (小繋駅, Kotsunagi-eki) is a railway station on the Iwate Ginga Railway Line in Ichinohe, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Iwate Ginga Railway Company.

Lines

Kotsunagi Station is served by the Iwate Ginga Railway Line, and is located 52.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Morioka Station and 587.5 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Kotsunagi Station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected to the station building by an overhead crossing. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1	■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line	for Ninohe and Hachinohe
2	■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line	for Iwate-Numakunai and Morioka

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Iwate Ginga Railway Line
Oku-nakayama kōgen		-	Kozuya

History

The station opened on 21 September 1909, on the site of a watering stop for steam locomotives that existed since 31 December 1904.^[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987,^[1] and was transferred to the Iwate Ginga Railway on 1 September 2002.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 16 passengers daily.^[2]

Surrounding area

National Route 4

References

^ ^a ^b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 415. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 平成27年度駅別乗降人員(1日平均) [Fiscal 2015 Station passenger figures (daily average)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Iwate Galaxy Railway Company. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.