Station

Ogane

大金

Ogane
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Train service

No publicly available departure data for this station.

Location

History

Ōgane Station opened on 15 April 1923 in what is now the city of Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi Prefecture, and is served by the Karasuyama Line, a 20.4 km branch from Hōshakuji. It is the only station on the line between Hōshakuji and Karasuyama where trains can pass each other, with two opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing. Staff were removed on 1 August 2013 when CTC was introduced on the Karasuyama Line, and the ticket vending machine was also withdrawn. A new station building entered service on 15 March 2014, and the station is now managed remotely from Hōshakuji.

Notes

JR East built a small shrine, "Ōgane Jinja", in the station grounds in January 1993; tickets from Hōshakuji ("treasure piles up") to Ōgane ("big money") were sold as good-luck charms during lottery seasons.

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