Okamoto Station (Tochigi)

Okamoto Station 岡本駅
File:JReast Okamoto Station.JPG Okamoto Station, April 2008
Location	Shimookamoto, Utsunomiya, Tochigi （栃木県宇都宮市下岡本） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Utsunomiya Line Karasuyama Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1897
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	1,896 daily

Okamoto Station (岡本駅, Okamoto-eki) is a railway station on the Utsunomiya Line in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Okamoto Station is served by the Utsunomiya Line (Tohoku Main Line), and lies 115.7 km from the starting point of the line at Tokyo. Through services on the Karasuyama Line past its official terminus at Hōshakuji and Utsunomiya are also provided.

Station layout

This station has two island platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge; however, only one side of each platform is in use.

Platforms

2	■ Utsunomiya Line	for Utsunomiya, Ōmiya, and Tokyo
	■ Karasuyama Line	for Utsunomiya
4	■ Utsunomiya Line	for Kuroiso
	■ Karasuyama Line	for Niita and Karasuyama

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Utsunomiya Line
Utsunomiya		Commuter Rapid		Hōshakuji
Utsunomiya		Rapid		Hōshakuji
Utsunomiya		Local		Hōshakuji

History

Okamoto Station opened on 25 February 1897. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Surrounding area

• National Route 4
• Hirade Industrial Park

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• JR East station information (Japanese)