Operated by ■ Konan Railway Status Unstaffed Opened 27 July 2013 | Tracks 1 Address Japan Platforms in use 1 | |
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Line(s) ■ Konan Railway Konan Line Website konantetsudo.jp/station/station-konan/station-konan10/ Similar Onoekōkōmae Station, Inakadate Station, Sakaimatsu Station, Tsugaru‑Onoe Station, Hakunōkōkōmae Station | ||
Tamboāto Station (田んぼアート駅, Tanboāto-eki, lit. "Rice Paddy Art Station") is a railway station on the Konan Railway Konan Line in Inakadate, Aomori, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Konan Railway.
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Tamboāto Station is served by the 16.8 km Konan Railway Konan Line between Hirosaki and Kuroishi.
Station layout
The station is an unstaffed halt consisting of a single side platform serving the single-track line. The station is open only between April and November.
History
Originally scheduled to open on 1 August 2013, Tamboāto Station opened on 27 July 2013 at a cost of 31.2 million yen. Construction of the new station was funded entirely by the village of Inakadate.
Three former Konan Railway diesel cars, KiHa 2105, KiHa 2107, and KiHa 2230, were preserved next to the line for a number of years, painted in various bright colours, but these were due to cut up in November 2013 due to their poor condition.
Surrounding area
The station was built to provide access to the nearby rice paddies used for creating rice paddy art each year.