Kai-Ōshima Station

Kai-Ōshima Station
甲斐大島駅
JR Kai-Ōshima Station, March 2006
Location
Prefecture Yamanashi
(See other stations in Yamanashi)
District Minamikoma
Town Minobu
Neighborhood etc. Ōshima
Coordinates35°19′41″N 138°27′08″E / 35.3281°N 138.4523°E
Postal code409-2415
(in Japanese)山梨県南巨摩郡身延町大島
History
Year opened 1919
Rail services
Operator(s) JR Central
Line(s) Minobu Line
Statistics 8 passengers/day 2008

Kai-Ōshima Station (甲斐大島駅 Kai-Ōshima-eki) is a railway station on the Minobu Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) located in the town of Minobu, Minamikoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The station is located 39.8 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Minobu Line at Fuji Station.

History

Kai-Ōshima Station was opened on April 8, 1919 as a station on the original Fuji-Minobu Line. 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. Freight operations were discontinued from April 1, 1978. 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. The current station building was completed in February 2000.

Lines

Layout

Kai-Ōshima Station has a single island platform serving two tracks, with a small 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
Utsubuna - Minobu

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