Hachirōgata Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 八郎潟駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 85-2 Azanakata Hachirogata-cho, Minamiakita-gun, Akita-ken 018-1614 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 39.9474°N 140.0784°W |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Ōu Main Line |
Distance: | 327.5 kilometers from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Status: | Staffed |
Opened: | June 15, 1905 |
Former: | Gojome; Hitoichi (until 1965) |
Passengers: | 792 |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
Map Type: | Japan Akita Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Hachirōgata Station |
is a railway station in the town of Hachirōgata, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR East.
Hachirōgata Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 327.5 km from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.
The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Hachirōgata Station opened on August 1, 1902[1] as on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). It was renamed on November 1, 1921. The station was renamed to its present name on June 1, 1965, and a new station building was completed in December of the same year. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 792 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]