Oshikado Station
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Oshikado Station 押角駅 | |||||||||||
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![]() Oshikado Station, August 2007 | |||||||||||
Location | Wainai dai-ichi jiwari 10, Miyako, Iwate (岩手県宮古市和井内第1地割10) Japan | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Iwaizumi Line | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1944 | ||||||||||
Closed | 2014 | ||||||||||
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Oshikado Station (押角駅, Oshikado-eki) was a railway station on the Iwaizumi Line in Miyako, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines[]
Oshikado Station was a station on the Iwaizumi Line, and was located 15.8 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Moichi Station.
Station layout[]
Oshikado Station had a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station was unattended.
History[]
Oshikado Station opened on 20 July 1944. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The operation of the Iwaizumi Line was suspended from July 2010 and the line was officially closed on 1 April 2014.[1]
Surrounding area[]
The station is located in an isolated rural area surrounded by mountains and forests. There are no stores or houses in the near vicinity.
References[]
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- ^ JTB Timetable (April 2014) p. 623
Coordinates: 39°43′27″N 141°41′36″E / 39.7241°N 141.6933°E
- Stations of East Japan Railway Company
- Railway stations in Japan opened in 1944
- Railway stations in Iwate Prefecture
- Iwaizumi Line
- Defunct railway stations in Japan
- Railway stations closed in 2014