Nitanai StationNitanai Station is a railway station in the city of Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.WWW jreast.co.jp/estation/sta...LinesNitanai Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 3.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Hanamaki Station.Station layoutThe station has a single island platform. The platforms are not numbered. The station is unattended.HistoryNitanai Station opened on 25 October 1913 as a station on the Iwate Light Railway, a light railway extending 65.4 km from to the now-defunct Sennintōge Station. The line was nationalized in 1936, becoming the Kamaishi Line. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987.Surrounding area Kitakami River Hanamaki Airport