is an

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters ar ...

(JR East)

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located in the city of

Takizawa is a city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 55,325 in 23,270 households, and a population density of 300 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Takizawa is located in central Iwat ...

Iwate Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. It is the second-largest Japanese prefecture at , with a population of 1,210,534 (as of October 1, 2020). Iwate Prefecture borders Aomori Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefectu ...

, Japan.

Lines

Ōkama Station is served by the Tazawako Line, and is located 6.0 km from the terminus of the line at

Morioka Station Morioka Station ( ja, 盛岡駅, ) is a railway station in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR East. Lines Morioka Station is a major junction station, and is served by both the Tōhoku Shinkansen and the Akita Shinkansen. I ...

Station layout

Ōkama Station has two tracks. Track 1 is served by a

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, on the station building side, and track 2 is served by an

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with one side fenced off. Only track 1 is in normal use, and serves traffic in both directions. Track 2 is fitted with a snow-melting device, which sprays hot water on the undercarriage of trains. In the winter, Tokyo-bound Akita Shinkansen trains stop here to have snow removed before they enter the

Tōhoku Shinkansen The is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen rail line, connecting Tokyo with Aomori in Aomori Prefecture in a route length of , making it Japan's longest Shinkansen line. It runs through the more sparsely populated Tōhoku region of Japan's main ...

at Morioka, since accumulated snow and ice on the undercarriage could cause damage if it broke off while the train was running at high speed.

Platforms

History

Ōkama Station opened on June 25, 1921. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the

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of the JNR on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 484 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

National Route 46 * Takezawa City Office *

Shizukuishi River The is a river in Iwate Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Honshū in Japan. The river is long and has a watershed of . The Shizukuishi River rises in the Ōu Mountains just south of Mount Akita-Komagatake in the town of Shizukui ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Okama Station Railway stations in Iwate Prefecture Takizawa, Iwate Tazawako Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1921 Stations of East Japan Railway Company