Hon-Hachinohe Station (本八戸駅, Hon-Hachinohe-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1][2] The station is also officially listed as a freight depot of the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight), although no freight trains depart or arrive here, and the Hon-Hachinohe Station Freight Handling Station (which was at the end of a line that branches off from the Hachinohe Line between Naganaeshiro Station and Hon-Hachinohe Station, and runs about 500m north along the Mabechi River) ceased operations in June 2006,
Hon-Hachinohe Station 本八戸駅  | |||||||||||
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 Hon-Hachinohe Station in October 2011 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1-16-7 Uchimaru, Hachinohe-shi, Aomori-ken 031-0075 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°30′58.68″N 141°29′20.26″E / 40.5163000°N 141.4889611°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Hachinohe Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 5.5 km from Hachinohe | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed, Midori no Madoguchi | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 4 January 1898 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Hachinohe (until 1971) | ||||||||||
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| FY2020 | 843 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editHon-Hachinohe Station is served by the Hachinohe Line, and is 5.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Hachinohe Station.[2]
Station layout
editThe station has single elevated island platform serving two tracks with the station building located underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office as well as automatic ticket machines.[2][1]
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Hachinohe Line | for Hachinohe |
| 2 | ■ Hachinohe Line | for Same and Kuji |
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The platform in October 2011
History
editThe station opened on January 4, 1898, as Hachinohe Station (八ノ戸駅) on the Nippon Railway. The Nippon Railway was nationalized on November 1, 1906, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), and a year later, on November 1, 1907, the station was renamed Hachinohe Station (八戸駅).[2] The JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. In 1971, Shiriuchi Station (尻内駅, Shiriuchi-eki) on the Tohoku Main Line was renamed "Hachinohe Station", and the original Hachinohe Station was renamed "Hon-Hachinohe". The station building was elevated and completely rebuilt in 1977.[3] With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.
The station was again rebuilt from December 2014, with work completed on 31 July 2015.[3]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 843 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
Surrounding area
edit- Hachinohe City Hall
- Miyagi Park
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "本八戸駅" [Hon-Hachinohe Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ^ a b c d Kawashima, Ryōzō (2015). 図説: 日本の鉄道 東北ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第8巻 岩手 青森 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated.Tohoku Area. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 8 Iwate Aomori area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 4062951754.
- ^ a b 本八戸駅の改装工事が竣工 [rebuilding work completed at Hon-Hachinohe Station]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2020年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2020)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
External links
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Media related to Hon-Hachinohe Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)