Utsubuna Station
Utsubuna Station 内船駅 | |
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| JR Utsubuna Station, March 2006 | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Yamanashi (See other stations in Yamanashi) |
| District | Minamikoma |
| Town | Nanbu |
| Neighborhood etc. | 7200 Utsubuna |
| Coordinates | 35°16′56″N 138°27′51″E / 35.2823°N 138.4643°E |
| Postal code | 409-2305 |
| (in Japanese) | 山梨県南巨摩郡南部町内船7200 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1918 |
| Former name | Utsubuna-Nanbu Station |
| Present name since | 1938 |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | JR Central |
| Line(s) | Minobu Line |
| Statistics | 214 passengers/day 2008 |
Utsubuna Station (内船駅 Utsubuna-eki) is a railway station on the Minobu Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) located in the town of Nanbu, Minamikoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The station is located 34.1 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Minobu Line at Fuji Station.
History
Utsubuna Station was opened on October 8, 1918 as a Utsubuna-Nanbu Station (内船南部駅 UtsubunaNanbu-eki) on the original Fuji-Minobu Line. The station was renamed to its present name on October 1, 1938. The line came under control of the Japanese Government Railways on May 1, 1941. The JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railway) after World War II. The current station building was completed in March 1967. Freight operations were discontinued from September 1, 1981. Along with the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company.
Lines
Layout
Utsubuna Station has a single island platform serving two tracks, with a two-story concrete station building containing a waiting room. The station building is unattended.
Platform
| 1 | ■Minobu Line | For Fujinomiya, Fuji |
| 2 | ■Minobu Line | For Minobu, Kōfu |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Japan Railway Company | ||||
| Minobu Line | ||||
| Yorihata | - | Kai-Ōshima | ||
External links
- (Japanese) Minobu Line station information