Kōma Station (Iwate)

Kōma 好摩
File:Kohma-station.jpg Kōma Station in December 2011
Location	Kōma-aze Kamiyama 2-14, Tamayama, Morioka, Iwate （岩手県盛岡市玉山区好摩字上山2-14） Japan
Operated by	Iwate Ginga Railway JR East
Line(s)	Iwate Ginga Railway Line Hanawa Line
History
Opened	1891
Traffic
Passengers (FY2012)	2,096 daily

Kōma Station (好摩駅, Kōma-eki) is a union railway station in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Iwate Ginga Railway Company.

Lines

Kōma Station is a terminal station on the Hanawa Line, and is located 106.9 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Ōdate Station in Akita Prefecture. However, most trains continue on to Morioka Station. It is also a station on the Iwate Ginga Railway Line, and is located 21.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station.

Station layout

Kōma Station is an elevated station with a single side platform and single island platform serving three tracks.

Platforms

1	■■Iwate Ginga Railway Line	For Morioka
	■Hanawa Line	For Ōbuke, Araya-Shinmachi and Kazuno-Hanawa
2	■Iwate Ginga Railway Line	For Iwate-Numakunai, Ninohe and Hachinohe
3	■Iwate Ginga Railway Line	For Morioka and Kitakami

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Iwate Ginga Railway
Shibutami		Express	Iwate-Kawaguchi
Shibutami		Local	Iwate-Kawaguchi
Hanawa Line
Ōbuke		Rapid Hachimantai	Terminus
Higashi-Ōbuke		Local	Terminus

History

Kōma Station opened on September 1, 1891 serving the village of Tamayama, Iwate. A new station building was completed in May 2011.

Surrounding area

• National Route 4
• Kōma Post office

External links

• Iwate Ginga Railway Station information (Japanese)
• JR East Station information (Japanese)