Nishi-Ōhara Station
西大原駅 |
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Nishi-Ōhara Station in March 2013
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Location | 3559 Nitta, Isumi-shi, Chiba-ken Japan |
Operated by | Isumi Railway |
Line(s) | ■ Isumi Line |
Distance | 1.7 km from Ōhara |
Platforms | 1 side platform |
Tracks | 1 |
Other information | |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 20 June 1960 |
Traffic | |
Passengers (FY2011) | 20 daily |
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Coordinates: 35°15′37.84″N 140°22′40.39″E / 35.2605111°N 140.3778861°E
Nishi-Ōhara Station (西大原駅 Nishi-Ōhara-eki, lit. "West Ōhara Station") is a railway station on the Isumi Line in Isumi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Isumi Railway.
Nishi-Ōhara Station is served by the Isumi Line, and lies 1.7 kilometers from the eastern terminus of the Izumi Line at Ōhara.
The station has a simple side platform serving a bidirectional single-track line, with a three-sided rain shelter built onto the platform. The station is unstaffed.
Nishi-Ōhara Station opened on June 20, 1960, as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR) Kihara Line. With the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under control of East Japan Railway Company (JR East). On March 24, 1988, operation of the Kihara Line was transferred to the third-sector railway operator Isumi Railway, with the line renamed the Isumi Line.