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Nishi-Tomioka Station

Coordinates: 36°15′36.44″N 138°52′59.51″E / 36.2601222°N 138.8831972°E / 36.2601222; 138.8831972
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Nishi-Tomioka Station

西富岡駅
Nishi-Tomioka Station, October 2008
General information
LocationNanokaichi 671-8, Tomioka-shi, Gunma-ken 370-2343
Japan
Coordinates36°15′36.44″N 138°52′59.51″E / 36.2601222°N 138.8831972°E / 36.2601222; 138.8831972
Operated by Jōshin Dentetsu
Line(s) Jōshin Line
Distance21.0 km from Takasaki
Platforms1 side platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened15 October 1937
Closed1951-1953
Previous namesByōinmae (to 1951)
Passengers
FY2019153
Services
Preceding station Joshin Electric Railway Following station
Jōshū-Nanokaichi
towards Shimonita
Jōshin Line Jōshū-Tomioka
towards Takasaki
Location
Nishi-Tomioka Station is located in Gunma Prefecture
Nishi-Tomioka Station
Nishi-Tomioka Station
Location within Gunma Prefecture
Nishi-Tomioka Station is located in Japan
Nishi-Tomioka Station
Nishi-Tomioka Station
Nishi-Tomioka Station (Japan)

Nishi-Tomioka Station (西富岡駅, Nishi-Tomioka-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Tomioka, Gunma, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Jōshin Dentetsu.

Lines

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Nishi-Tomioka Station is a station on the Jōshin Line and is 21.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Takasaki.

Station layout

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The station consists of one side platform serving traffic in both directions.

History

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Nishi-Tomioka Station opened on 15 October 1937 as Byōinmae Station (病院前駅, Byōinmae-eki). Operations were suspended from 1 September 1951 to 15 January 1953, when the station reopened under its present name. The current station building was completed in 1968.

Surrounding area

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See also

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