Omata Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 小俣駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Omata-cho, Ashikaga-shi, Tochigi-ken 326-0141 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 36.3752°N 139.374°W |
Distance: | from |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 2 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | 10 October 1889 |
Passengers: | 485 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2002 |
Map Type: | Japan Tochigi Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Omata Station |
is a railway station in the city of Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is the westernmost station in Tochigi Prefecture.
Omata Station is served by the Ryōmō Line, and is located from the starting point of the line at, and from . The preceding station of is away and the following station of is away.
Omata Station has a single island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unnamed with a simple ticket gate, ticket vending machine and has no accessibility features.[1]
The station opened on 10 October 1889. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
The station started accepting Suica cards on November 18, 2001.[3] In 2019, a plaque commemorating Hanbei Kimura, the creator of the Ryōmō Railway, was installed in front of the station to commemorate his contribution.[4]
In fiscal 2002, the station was used by an average of 485 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5] Since 2003, JR East has not reported the passenger numbers for Omata Station.
Below is table containing the passenger statistics from the year 2000 to the year 2002:
Passenger statistics | ||
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Year | Average Daily Boarding Passengers | |
2000 | 593[6] | |
2001 | 540[7] | |
2002 | 485 |