Omata Station

Omata Station (小俣駅) is a railway station in the city of Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is the westernmost station in Tochigi Prefecture.

Lines
Omata Station is served by the Ryōmō Line, and is located 47.3 km from the starting point of the line at Oyama, and 44.4 km from Takasaki. The preceding station of Yamamae is 4.6 km away and the following station of Kiryū is 5.6 km away.

Station layout
Omata Station has a single island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unnamed with a simple ticket gate, ticket vending machine and has no accessibility features.

History
The station opened on 10 October 1889. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

The station started accepting Suica cards on November 18, 2001. In 2019, a plaque commemorating Hanbei Kimura, the creator of the Ryōmō Railway, was installed in front of the station to commemorate his contribution.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2002, the station was used by an average of 485 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). Since 2003, JR East has not reported the passenger numbers for Omata Station.

Below is table containing the passenger statistics from the year 2000 to the year 2002:

Surrounding area

 * Watarase River
 * Ashikaga Omata Post Office