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Ōtaki-Onsen Station (大滝温泉駅, Ōtaki-Onsen-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Ōdate, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Ōtaki-Onsen Station is served by the Hanawa Line, and is located 92.1 km from the terminus of the line at Kōma.

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Hanawa Line	for Kazuno-Hanawa, Morioka
2	■ Hanawa Line	for Ōdate

History

Ōtaki-Onsen Station was opened on January 19, 1915 on the privately owned Akita Railways, serving the town of Jūnisho, Akita. The line was nationalized on June 1, 1934, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) system, which became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.^[1] The station had its wooden railway signals removed in September 1999 was made an unmanned station in December of the same year.^[2]

Surrounding area

Ōtaki Onsen
National Route 103 Bypass

References

^ Nihon Kōtsū Kōsha, ed. (1998). Teishajō hensen daijiten. Kokutetsu JR hen (Shohan ed.). Tōkyō: JTB. ISBN 978-4-533-02980-6.
^ 交友社『鉄道ファン』1999年12月号通巻464号 p.123

External links

Media related to Ōtaki-Onsen Station at Wikimedia Commons

JR East Station information (in Japanese)

[1] Nihon Kōtsū Kōsha, ed. (1998). Teishajō hensen daijiten. Kokutetsu JR hen (Shohan ed.). Tōkyō: JTB. ISBN 978-4-533-02980-6.

[2] 交友社『鉄道ファン』1999年12月号通巻464号 p.123

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