Nitanai Station

Nitanai Station
似内駅

Nitanai Station, February 2007
Location Kaminitanai dai-9 jiwari, Hanamaki, Iwate
(岩手県花巻市上似内第9地割)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Kamaishi Line
History
Opened 1913

Nitanai Station (似内駅 Nitanai-eki) is a railway station on the Kamaishi Line in Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Nitanai Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 3.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.

Station layout

Nitanai Station has a single island platform. The platforms are not numbered. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1  Kamaishi Line for Tōno and Kamaishi
2  Kamaishi Line for Hanamaki and Morioka

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kamaishi Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Hanamaki Local Shin-Hanamaki

History

Nitanai Station opened on 25 October 1913 as a station on the Iwate Light Railway. The Iwate Light Railway 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

Coordinates: 39°24′24″N 141°08′27″E / 39.4068°N 141.1409°E / 39.4068; 141.1409

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