Ōnohara Station

Ōnohara Station 大野原駅
Ōnohara Station, March 2006
Location
Prefecture	Saitama (See other stations in Saitama)
City	Chichibu
History
Year opened	1914
Rail services
Operator(s)	Chichibu Railway
Line(s)	Chichibu Main Line
Statistics	1,470 passengers/day (FY2000)

Ōnohara Station (大野原駅, Ōnohara-eki^?) is a railway station in Chichibu, Saitama, Japan, operated by the Chichibu Railway.

Lines

Ōnohara Station is served by the Chichibu Main Line from Hanyū to Mitsumineguchi, and is located 56.6 km from Hanyū.^[1]

Station layout

General view of the station from the east, with the severed former freight loop on the left, June 2011

The station is staffed and consists of one side platform and one island platform serving two tracks. An additional bidirectional line for freight services existed as track 3, but is now severed at both ends.^[2]

Platforms

1	■Chichibu Main Line	for Yorii, Kumagaya and Hanyū
2	■Chichibu Main Line	for Chichibu, Mitsumineguchi, Hannō, and Ikebukuro (through services via Seibu Chichibu Line)

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Chichibu Main Line
Wadō-Kuroya		Local	Chichibu
Paleo Express: no stop
Chichibuji: no stop

History

Ōnohara Station opened on 27 October 1914.^[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2000, the station was used by an average of 1,470 passengers daily.^[1]

Surrounding area

• Arakawa River
• National Route 140
• National Route 299
• Saitama Prefectural Chichibu Agriculture and Science High School

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 192. ISBN 4-87366-874-3. 
2. ^ Kawashima, Ryozo (January 2011). 日本の鉄道　中部ライン　全線・全駅・全配線　第１０巻　上越・秩父エリア [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 10 Joetsu & Chichibu Area]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 31/86. ISBN 978-4-06-270070-2. 

External links

Media related to Ōnohara Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Ōnohara Station timetable (Japanese)