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Tomai Station (斗米駅, Tomai-eki) is a railway station on the Iwate Ginga Railway Line in Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Iwate Ginga Railway Company.

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Tomai Station 斗米駅
Tomai Station in July 2007
General information
Location	Maezawa Sawauchi 176-2, Ninohe-shi, Iwate-ken 028-6104 Japan
Coordinates	40°17′08″N 141°17′28″E
Operated by	Iwate Galaxy Railway Company
Line(s)	■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line
Distance	73.7 km from Morioka
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 October 1966
Passengers
FY2015	143 daily
Location
Tomai Station Location within Japan

Lines

Tomai Station is served by the Iwate Ginga Railway Line, and is located 73.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station[1] and 609.0 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Tomai Station has two opposed side platforms connected by an underground passage. There is no station building, but only small shelters on the platforms. The station is unattended.^{[citation needed]}

Platforms

1	■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line	for Ninohe and Morioka
2	■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line	for Sannohe and Ninohe

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Iwate Ginga Railway Line
Ninohe		-	Kintaichi-Onsen

History

The station opened on 1 October 1966.[2] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987,[2] and was transferred to the Iwate Ginga Railway on 1 September 2002.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 143 passengers daily.[3]

Surrounding area

• National Route 4
• Mabechi River

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tomai Station.

• Tomai Station information (in Japanese)

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