Kanente Station
Kanente Station 金手駅 | |
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| JR Kanente Station, January 2006 | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Yamanashi (See other stations in Yamanashi) |
| City | Kōfu |
| Neighborhood etc. | Jōto 4-chome |
| Coordinates | 35°39′45″N 138°34′43″E / 35.6624°N 138.5787°E |
| Postal code | 400-0861 |
| (in Japanese) | 山梨県甲府市城東一丁目4 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1929 |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | JR Central |
| Line(s) | Minobu Line |
| Statistics | 54 passengers/day 2008 |
Kanente Station (金手駅 Kanente-eki) is a railway station on the Minobu Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) located in the city of Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The station is located 87.2 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Minobu Line at Fuji Station.
History
Kanente Station was opened on August 15, 1929 as a passenger station on the Fuji-Minobu Line. Freight operations began the system was consigned to the government on October 1, 1938. The line came under control of the Japanese Government Railways on May 1, 1941. The station burned down during the Bombing of Kofu in World War II. The JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railway) after World War II. It was reopened on May 10, 1953. All freight operations were discontinued on April 1, 1959. The station has been unattended since October 1 1970. Along with the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the Central Japan Railway Company.
Lines
Layout
Kanente Station has a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. There is no station building, but only a rain shelter on the platform.
Platforms
| 1 | ■Minobu Line | For Kōfu |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zenkōji | Minobu Line | Kōfu | ||
External links
- (Japanese) Minobu Line station information