Ichinohe Station Explained

Ichinohe Station
Native Name:一戸駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:Saihoji Inari, Ichinohe-machi, Ninohe-gun, Iwate-ken 028-5301
Country:Japan
Coordinates:40.2101°N 141.2974°W
Operator: Iwate Galaxy Railway Company
Line: Iwate Ginga Railway Line
Platforms:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Distance:64.5 km from
Structure:At grade
Status:Staffed
Opened:15 February 1893
Passengers:587 daily
Pass Year:FY2015
Map Type:Japan

is a railway station on the Iwate Ginga Railway Line in the town of Ichinohe, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Iwate Ginga Railway Company.

Lines

Ichinohe Station is served by the Iwate Ginga Railway Line, and is located 64.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Morioka Station and 599.8 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Ichinohe Station has a single island platform connected to the station building by an underground passage. The station is staffed.

Platforms

Route bus

History

The station was opened on 15 February 1893, with the name rendered in Japanese as .[1] The kanji characters for the name were changed to on 1 November 1907.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987,[1] and was transferred to the Iwate Ginga Railway on 1 September 2002.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 587 passengers daily.[2]

Surrounding area

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: ja: 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編. Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR. JTB . Ishino. Tetsu. 1998 . Japan . Japanese . II. 415. 4-533-02980-9.
  2. Web site: http://www.igr.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/H27_passenger.pdf. ja: 平成27年度 駅別乗降人員(1日平均). Fiscal 2015 Station passenger figures (daily average). 2016. Iwate Galaxy Railway Company. Japan. Japanese. 1 March 2017. 4 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160804071024/http://www.igr.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/H27_passenger.pdf. dead.