Utsubuna Station

Utsubuna Station
内船駅
JR Utsubuna Station, March 2006
Location
Prefecture Yamanashi
(See other stations in Yamanashi)
District Minamikoma
Town Nanbu
Neighborhood etc. 7200 Utsubuna
Coordinates35°16′56″N 138°27′51″E / 35.2823°N 138.4643°E
Postal code409-2305
(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. Utsubuna Station postal code is 409-2305.

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

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