Abt Ichishiro Station

Abt Ichishiro Station
アプトいちしろ駅
Abt Ichishiro Station
Location
Prefecture Shizuoka
(See other stations in Shizuoka)
District Haibara
Town Kawanehon
Neighborhood etc. Baichi
Postal code428 - 0401
(in Japanese)静岡県榛原郡川根本町梅地
History
Year opened 1959
Former name Kawane-Ichishiro Station
Present name since 1990
Rail services
Operator(s) Ōigawa Railway
Line(s) Ikawa Line
ABT-Ichishiro Station

Abt Ichishiro Station (アプトいちしろ駅 Aputoichishiro-eki) is a train station in Kawanehon, Haibara District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan on the Ikawa Line of the Ōigawa Railway. From Abt Ichishiro Station to Nagashima Dam Station the gradient is very steep and an Abt rack system is used.

Station history

Abt Ichishiro Station was opened on August 1, 1959 and was originally named Kawane-Ichishiro Station (川根市代駅). The original line past this station and the stations on that line are now submerged under the waters of the reservoir created by the completion of the Nagashima Dam. When Nagashima Dam Station was built in 1990, the present Abt system was installed.

Lines

Layout

Abt Ichishiro Station has an opposed side platforms serving two tracks, and a small red-roofed station building.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Ōigawa Railway
Ikawa Line
Okuizumi - Nagashima Dam

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Coordinates: 35°10′3.67″N 138°8′40.87″E / 35.1676861°N 138.1446861°E