Oda Station (Okayama)
Oda Station 小田駅 | |||||||
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 Oda Station, June 2022 | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | Oda, Yakage-chō, Oda-gun, Okayama-ken 714-1227 Japan | ||||||
| Coordinates | 34°36′21.74″N 133°32′34.08″E / 34.6060389°N 133.5428000°E | ||||||
| Operated by |  Ibara Railway Company | ||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Ibara Line | ||||||
| Distance | 23.4 km (14.5 miles) from Sōja | ||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 11 January 1999 | ||||||
| Passengers | |||||||
| 2018 | 100 daily | ||||||
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Oda Station (小田駅, Oda-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Yakage, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third sector transportation company, Ibara Railway Company).[1]
Lines
[edit]Oda Station is served by the Ibara Line, and is located 23.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Sōja.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of one ground level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. There is a station building on the southeast side of the platform, but it houses the office of a rental cycle company, and there is ticketing service, and it is possible to enter and exit the platform without going through the station building.The station is unattended.
Adjacent stations
[edit]| « | Service | » | ||
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| Ibara Railway | ||||
| Ibara Line | ||||
| Yakage | - | Sōunnosato-Ebara | ||
History
[edit]Oda Station was opened on January 11, 1999 with the opening of the Ibara Line.[2]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 100 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area
[edit]The area southwest of the station is a quiet townscape that retains the vestiges of the old Sanyo highway, and old Western-style buildings can be seen here and there. In addition, in the square in front of the station, there is a monument commemorating Shotetsu, a poet from the Muromachi period who was born here.
- Yakage Municipal Oda Elementary School
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kawashima, Reizo (2012). 山陽・山陰ライン - 全線・全駅・全配線』5 鳥取・出雲・尾道エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 5 Tottori/Izumo/Onomichi Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.
- ^ "井原鉄道の旅立ち". 鉄道ジャーナル. 33 (4): 70–74. April 1999.
- ^ Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020
External links
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Media related to Oda Station (Okayama) at Wikimedia Commons
- official home page (in Japanese)
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