Higashi-Noshiro Station

Higashi-Noshiro Station 東能代駅
Higashi-Noshiro Station in April 2014
Location	Shimoakudo, Kairagefuchi, Noshiro-shi, Akita-ken 016-0121 Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ōu Main Line ■ Gonō Line
Distance	355.4 km from Fukushima
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1300
History
Opened	1 November 1901
Previous names	Noshiro (until 1909) Hataori (1909 - 1943)
Traffic

Passengers (FY2015)	513 daily
Location
Higashi-Noshiro Station Location within Japan

Higashi-Noshiro Station (東能代駅, Higashi-Noshiro-eki, lit. "East Noshiro Station") is a railway station in Noshiro, Akita, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Higashi-Noshiro is served by the Ōu Main Line and Gonō Line. It is located 355.4 km from the terminus of the Ōu Main Line at Fukushima Station, and it is the southern terminus of the Gonō Line.

Station layout

Higashi-Noshiro Station consists of one side platform and one island platform, serving a total of three tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Ōu Main Line	for Akita and Niigata
2	■ Ōu Main Line	for Ōdate and Aomori
2	■ Gonō Line	for Iwadate and Fukaura
3	■ Gonō Line	for Iwadate and Fukaura

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Ōu Main Line
Moritake	Tsugaru	Futatsui
Moritake	Akebono	Futatsui
Kita-Kanaoka	Local	Tsurugata
Gonō Line
Terminus	Local	Noshiro

History

The station opened on November 1, 1901 as Noshiro Station (能代駅).^[1] It was renamed Hataori Station (機織駅) on November 1, 1909, and renamed Higashi-Noshiro Station on June 15, 1943.^[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.^[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 513 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

Higashi-Noshiro post office

References

1 2 3 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 548. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

External links

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JR East station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Ōu Main Line

Fukushima to Shinjō (Yamagata Line)	Fukushima Sasakino Niwasaka Akaiwa Itaya Tōge Ōsawa Sekine Yonezawa Oitama Takahata Akayu Nakagawa Uzen-Nakayama Kaminoyama-Onsen Mokichi Kinenkan-mae Zaō Yamagata Kita-Yamagata Uzen-Chitose Minami-Dewa Urushiyama Takatama Tendō-Minami Tendō Midaregawa Jimmachi Sakurambo-Higashine Higashine Murayama Sodesaki Ōishida Kita-Ōishida Ashisawa Funagata Shinjō

Shinjō to Ōmagari	Shinjō Izumita Uzen-Toyosato Mamurogawa Kamabuchi Ōtaki Nozoki Innai Yokobori Mitsuseki Kami-Yuzawa Yuzawa Shimo-Yuzawa Jūmonji Daigo Yanagita Yokote Gosannen Iizume Ōmagari

Ōmagari to Aomori (formerly Ōu North Line)	Ōmagari Jingūji Kawarino Mineyoshikawa Ugo-Sakai Ōbarino Wada Yotsugoya Akita Tsushizaki Kami-Iijima Oiwake Ōkubo Ugo-Iizuka Ikawa-Sakura Hachirōgata Koikawa Kado Moritake Kita-Kanaoka Higashi-Noshiro Tsurugata Tomine Futatsui Maeyama Takanosu Nukazawa Hayaguchi Shimokawazoi Ōdate Shirasawa Jimba Tsugaru-Yunosawa Ikarigaseki Nagamine Ōwani-Onsen Ishikawa Hirosaki Naijōshi Kawabe Kita-Tokiwa Namioka Daishaka Tsurugasaka Tsugaru-Shinjō Shin-Aomori Aomori

Stations of the Gonō Line

Coordinates: 40°11′29.05″N 140°3′57.33″E / 40.1914028°N 140.0659250°E / 40.1914028; 140.0659250

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