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Mooka Station 真岡駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 Mooka Station (May 2005) | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Daimachi 2474-1, Mooka, Tochigi （栃木県真岡市台町2474-1） Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Mooka Railway | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Mooka Line | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1 island platform, 1 side platform) | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1912 | ||||||||||||||
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| FY 2012 | 516 daily | ||||||||||||||
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Mooka Station (真岡駅, Mooka-eki) is a railway station in Mooka, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Mooka Railway.
Lines[edit]
Mooka Station is a station on the Mooka Line, and is located 16.4 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shimodate Station.
Station layout[edit]
Mooka Station has one island platform and one side platform serving three tracks in total.
History[edit]
Mooka Station opened on 1 April 1912[1] as a station on the Japanese Government Railway, which subsequently became the Japanese National Railways (JNR). The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, and the Mooka Railway from 11 April 1988. The current station building was completed in 1997 and resembles a steam locomotive in appearance.
Surrounding area[edit]
- Japan National Route 294
- Mooka City Hall
- Mooka Post Office
References[edit]
- ^ "真岡駅". 真岡鉄道. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mooka Station.
- Mooka Railway Station information (in Japanese)