Kintaichi-Onsen Station

Kintaichi-Onsen Station (金田一温泉駅) is a railway station on the Iwate Ginga Railway Line in the city of Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Iwate Ginga Railway Company.

Lines
Kintaichi-Onsen Station is served by the Iwate Ginga Railway Line, and is located 78.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station and 613.7 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station layout
Kintaichi-Onsen Station has one island platform and a single side platform connected to the station building by a footbridge.

History
Kintaichi-Onsen Station opened on 18 October 1909 as Kintaichi Station (金田一駅) on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). It was renamed Kintaichi-Onsen Station on 1 February 1987. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, and was transferred to the Iwate Ginga Railway on 1 September 2002.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 186 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

 * Kintaichi Onsen
 * Kintaichi Post Office

Bus services

 * JR Bus Tohoku
 * For Ninohe Station
 * For Karumai
 * Nanbu Bus
 * For Sannohe
 * For Ichinohe Station via Ninohe Station