Wada Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 和田駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Kaminakano, Kawabe Wada,Akita-shi, Akita-ken 019-2601 |
Country: | Japan |
Distance: | 285.4 kilometers from |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Ōu Main Line |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Status: | Staffed |
Opened: | October 1, 1903 |
Passengers: | 331 |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
Map Type: | Japan Akita Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Wada Station |
is a railway station in the city of Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Wada Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located from the starting point of the line at Fukushima Station.
The station has two opposed side platforms, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed. Akita Shinkansen trains run through this station, using the tracks adjacent to Platform 1.
Wada Station opened on October 1, 1903 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR).[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.[1] A new station building was completed in February 2003.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 331 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]