Tōshima Station

Tōshima Station 十島駅
JR Tōshima Station, March 2006
Location	Tōshima, Minamikoma, Nanbu, Yamanashi （山梨県南巨摩郡南部町十島） Japan
Coordinates	35°13′48″N 138°30′57″E / 35.2301°N 138.5157°E / 35.2301; 138.5157
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Minobu Line
History
Opened	1918
Traffic
Passengers (2007)	80 daily

Tōshima Station (十島駅, Tōshima-eki) is a railway station on the Minobu Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) located in the town of Nanbu, Minamikoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The station is located 26.3 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Minobu Line at Fuji Station.

History

Tōshima Station was opened on August 10, 1918 as a terminal siding of the original Fuji-Minobu Line. The line was extended to Ustubuna a couple months later in October 1918. Tōshima was elevated to the status of a full station on June 22, 1936. The line came under control of the Japanese Government Railways on May 1, 1941. The JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railway) after World War II. Freight services were discontinued on September 20, 1972. The station has been unattended since June1, 1983. Along with the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company. The station building was rebuilt in March 1994.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Minobu Line

Layout

Tōshima Station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks. The station building has automated ticket machines, automated turnstiles and is unmanned.

Platform

Adjacent stations

External links

• (Japanese) Minobu Line station information