Konoura Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 金浦駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 94 Jūnibayashi Konoura, Nikaho-shi, Akita-ken 018-0311 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 39.2559°N 139.9203°W |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Uetsu Main Line |
Distance: | 209.2 kilometers from |
Platforms: | 1 side + an island platform |
Status: | Staffed |
Opened: | June 30, 1922 |
Passengers: | 190 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
Map Type: | Japan Akita Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Konoura Station |
is a railway station in the city of Nikaho, Akita, Japan, operated by JR East.
Konoura Station is served by the Uetsu Main Line, and is located 209.2 km from the terminus of the line at Niitsu Station.
The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed. The station building also includes the Nikaho City Library.
Konoura Station opened on June 30, 1922 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Rikuusai Line. It was switched to the control of the JGR Uetsu Main Line on April 20, 1924. The JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railway) after World War II. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 190 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]