Ōmama Station

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.

WK05 Ōmama Station 大間々駅
Ōmama Station, November 2017
General information
Location	1375 Ōmama, Midori-shi, Gunma-ken 376-0101 Japan
Coordinates	36.4347°N 139.2776°E / 36.4347; 139.2776
Operated by	Watarase Keikoku Railway
Line(s)	Watarase Keikoku Line
Distance	7.3 km from Kiryū
Platforms	2 side + 2 bay platforms
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	WK05
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 April 1911
Passengers
FY2015	448
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 Ōmama Station Location within Gunma Prefecture Show map of Gunma Prefecture Ōmama Station Ōmama Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

The station platforms in 2015

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

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "沿革・歴史" [Company History]. watetsu.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
2. "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.
3. Agency for Cultural Affais (in Japanese)^{[full citation needed]}

External links

Media related to Omama Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Station information (Watarase Keikoku) (in Japanese)