Ōmama Station

Railway station in Midori, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

36°26′05″N 139°16′39″E / 36.4347°N 139.2776°E / 36.4347; 139.2776Operated byWatarase Keikoku RailwayLine(s) Watarase Keikoku LineDistance7.3 km from KiryūPlatforms2 side + 2 bay platformsOther informationStatusUnstaffedStation codeWK05WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened15 April 1911PassengersFY2015448 Services

Preceding station	Watarase Keikoku Railway			Following station
Undō-Kōen WK05 towards Kiryū		Watarase Keikoku Line		Kamikambai WK06 towards Matō
Aioi WK03 Terminus		Watarase Keikoku Line Watarase Keikoku-gō		Mizunuma WK08 towards Ashio

Location
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Ōmama Station (大間々駅, Ōmama-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Midori, Gunma, Japan, operated by the third sector railway company Watarase Keikoku Railway.

Lines

Ōmama Station is a station on the Watarase Keikoku Line and is 7.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kiryū.

Station layout

The station has a two opposed side platforms, and one bay platform which is used as the starting point of the seasonal open car tourist trains departing for the Watarase Gorge.

History

Ōmama Station opened on 15 April 1911 as Ōmama-machi Station (大間々町駅, Ōmamamachi-eki) on the Ashio Railway. It was renamed to its present name on 1 December 1912.^[1] The station building and platform were registered by the national government as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 2008.^[2]^[3]

Surrounding area

former Ōmama Town Hall
Ōmama Post Office
National Route 122

References

^ "沿革・歴史" [Company History]. watetsu.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^ "わたらせ渓谷鐵道大間々駅本屋及び下り線プラットホーム" [Watarase Valley Railway Omama Station Bookstore and Down Line Platform]. Cultural Heritage Online (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ Agency for Cultural Affais (in Japanese)^{[full citation needed]}