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Oyamada Station

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Operated by
  
JR East

Previous names
  
Kōda (until 1915)

Opened
  
1913

Line(s)
  
Kamaishi Line

Address
  
Japan

Oyamada Station

Location
  
8 Kōda, Hanamaki, Iwate (岩手県花巻市幸田8) Japan

Similar
  
Haruyama Station, Nitanai Station, Tsuchizawa Station, Iwanebashi Station, Arayamae Station

Oyamada Station (小山田駅, Oyamada-eki) is a railway station on the Kamaishi Line in Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

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Lines

Oyamada Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 8.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.

Station layout

Oyamada Station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.

History

Oyamada Station opened on 25 October 1913 as the Kōda Stop (幸田停留場, Kōda Reiryūjō) on the Iwate Light Railway. It was elevated to a full passenger station and given its present name on 23 November 1915. 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

The station is located in a rural area.

References

Oyamada Station Wikipedia