Ōkawara Station
JR West regional rail station | |||||||||||||
![]() Ōkawara Station in November 2006 | |||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||
Location | Aza Kakegahara, Ōaza Kitaōkawara, Minamiyamashiro-mura, Sōraku-gun, Kyoto-fu 619-1411 Japan | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°46′18″N 135°59′16″E / 34.771733°N 135.987647°E | ||||||||||||
Owned by | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | V Kansai Main Line | ||||||||||||
Distance | 48.9 km (30.4 mi) from Kameyama | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Train operators | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||
Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Accessible | None | ||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | 11 November 1897 | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1954 | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2019 | 38 daily | ||||||||||||
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Ōkawara Station (大河原駅, Ōkawara-eki) is a passenger railway station of West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) located in the village of Minamiyamashiro, Kyoto, Japan.
Lines
[edit]Ōkawara Station is served by the Kansai Main Line, and is located 48.9 km (30.4 mi) from the terminus of the line at Kameyama.
Layout
[edit]The station has two opposed unnumbered side platforms. The platforms and the station building are connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Platforms
[edit]Westbound | ■ V Kansai Main Line | for Kamo |
Eastbound | ■ V Kansai Main Line | for Kameyama, Tsuge, and Iga-Ueno |
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The station yard in November 2006
History
[edit]Ōkawara Station opened on 11 November 1897 as a station on the Kansai Railway.[1] The Kansai Railway was nationalized in 1907 and the line renamed the Kansai Main Line in 1909. The station building was destroyed by a flood on 15 August 1953, and was rebuilt on 31 March 1954. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[1]
Passenger statistics
[edit]According to the Kyoto Prefecture statistical report, the average number of passengers per day is as follows.[2]
Year | Passengers |
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2008 | 93 |
2009 | 77 |
2010 | 66 |
2011 | 66 |
2012 | 71 |
2013 | 68 |
2014 | 63 |
2015 | 63 |
2016 | 60 |
2017 | 52 |
2018 | 44 |
2019 | 38 |
Surrounding area
[edit]- Japan National Route 163
- Minamiyamashiro Village Office
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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. 339. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ Kyoto Prefecture Statistical Yearbook
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Official website (in Japanese)