Ichinohe Station

Ichinohe Station (一戸駅, Ichinohe-eki) 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.

Ichinohe Station

一戸駅
Ichinohe Station in May 2008
LocationSaihoji Inari, Ichinohe-machi, Ninohe-gun, Iwate-ken 028-5301
Japan
Coordinates40°12′36″N 141°17′51″E
Operated by Iwate Galaxy Railway Company
Line(s)■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line
Distance64.5 km from Morioka
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened15 February 1893
Passengers
FY2015587 daily
Location
Ichinohe Station
Location within Japan

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
1 ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line for Iwate-Numakunai and Morioka
2 ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line for Ninohe and Hachinohe

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Iwate Ginga Railway Line
Kozuya - Ninohe

Route bus

History

The station was opened on 15 February 1893, with the name rendered in Japanese as 一ノ戸駅.[1] The kanji characters for the name were changed to 一戸駅 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
  • Ichinohe Town Hall
  • Ichinohe Post Office

See also

References
  1. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Japan: JTB. p. 415. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. 平成27年度 駅別乗降人員(1日平均) [Fiscal 2015 Station passenger figures (daily average)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Iwate Galaxy Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
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