Iwate-Kamigō Station

Railway station in Tōno, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Tōno towards Hanamaki		Kamaishi Line Rapid Hamayuri (limited service)		Matsukura (limited service) towards Kamaishi
Aozasa towards Hanamaki		Kamaishi Line Local		Hirakura towards Kamaishi

Location
Iwate-Kamigō Station Location within Iwate Prefecture Show map of Iwate Prefecture Iwate-Kamigō Station Iwate-Kamigō Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Iwate-Kamigō Station (岩手上郷駅, Iwate-Kamigō-eki) is a railway station in the city of Tōno, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Iwate-Kamigō Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 53.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.^[1]

Station layout

The station has a single island platform, serving two tracks. The platforms are not numbered The station is unattended.

Platforms

Entry side	■ Kamaishi Line	for Kamaishi and Miyako
Opposite side	■ Kamaishi Line	for Tōno and Hanamaki

History

The station opened on 18 April 1914 as Kamigō Station (上郷駅), a station for freight services only on the Iwate Light Railway (岩手軽便鉄道),^[1] a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) light railway extending 65.4 km from Hanamaki to the now-defunct Sennintōge Station (仙人峠駅).^[2] The station began serving passengers from 15 May 1914.^[1] The station was renamed Iwate-Kamigō on 10 February 1916.^[1]

The line was nationalized in August 1936, becoming the Kamaishi Line.^[2] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.^[1]

Surrounding area

Iwate-Kamigō Post Office
National Route 283
National Route 340
Hirakura Kannon

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 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. 493. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ ^a ^b Miyata, Hiroyuki (June 2014). 釜石線ショートヒストリー　～路線と蒸気機関車～ [A short history of the Kamaishi Line: The line and steam locomotives]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 54, no. 638. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. pp. 24–25.