Hachinohe Station

Hachinohe
八戸

West entrance of Hachinohe Station
Location Shiriuchi-machi, Hachinohe, Aomori
（八戸市尻内町舘田）
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
History
Opened 1891
Previous names Shiriuchi (until 1971)
E2 Series Shinkansen at Hachinohe station, January 2003

Hachinohe Station (八戸駅 Hachinohe-eki) is a railway station operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan.

Lines

Hachinohe Station is served by the high-speed Tohoku Shinkansen line between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori, and forms the starting point of the Hachinohe Line to Kuji. Local services are operated by the third sector Aoimori Railway on the section of the former JR Tōhoku Main Line between Metoki and Aomori.

Station layout

Hachinohe is an elevated station with one side platform and two island platforms serving five tracks for regular services, and two island platforms serving four tracks for Tōhoku Shinkansen services. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

Platforms

1 ■Hachinohe Line for Hon-Hachinohe, Same, Taneichi, and Kuji
2 ■Hachinohe Line for Hon-Hachinohe, Same, Taneichi, and Kuji
■Aoimori Line for Sannohe, Ninohe, and Morioka
for Misawa, Noheji, and Aomori
3-5 ■Aoimori Line for Sannohe, Ninohe, and Morioka
for Misawa, Noheji, and Aomori
11 & 12 ■Tohoku Shinkansen for Morioka, Sendai and Tokyo
13 & 14 ■Tohoku Shinkansen for Shin-Aomori and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto

History

Hachinohe Station began operation as Shiriuchi Station (尻内駅) on the Nippon Railway on September 1, 1891. Initially, construction of a railroad close to the coast was opposed by the Imperial Japanese Army for defensive purposes, so the station was constructed at a considerable distance inland from the town center. The Hachinohe Line began operations on January 4, 1894 from Hachinohe Station. The Nippon Railway was nationalized on November 1, 1906, and Shiriuchi Station became a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), which became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. From 1929-1969, the now-defunct Nanbu Railways also had its terminus at Shiriuchi Station. On April 1, 1971, Shiriuchi Station changed its name to Hachinohe Station. The station previously named Hachinohe Station was renamed Hon-Hachinohe Station. Freight operations were transfer to the Hachinohe Freight Terminal later that year, and were discontinued completely from 1986. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East. A new station building was opened on July 1, 2002, and Tōhoku Shinkansen services began operation from December 12, 2002, with operations of the Tōhoku Main Line from Hachinohe to the border of Iwate Prefecture transferred to the new Aoimori Railway. Following the opening of the Tōhoku Shinkansen extension to Shin-Aomori on December 4, 2010, all Tōhoku Main Line local services through the station were transferred to the Aoimori Railway.

Surrounding area

Connecting bus routes

Route buses

Highway buses

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Tohoku Shinkansen
Morioka or Ninohe   Hayabusa   Shichinohe-Towada or Shin-Aomori
Ninohe   Hayate   Shin-Aomori
Hachinohe Line
Terminus Local Naganawashiro
Aoimori Railway Line
Kitatakaiwa Local Mutsu-Ichikawa

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "八戸・十和田・七戸／三沢・野辺地・むつ　〔シリウス号／しもきた号〕 | 高速バス | 国際興業バス". 5931bus.com (in Japanese). Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  2. ↑ "えんぶり号 - 弘南バス株式会社". www.konanbus.com (in Japanese). Konan Bus. Co.Ltd. Retrieved 2016-02-07.

External links

Coordinates: 40°30′34″N 141°25′51″E / 40.509394°N 141.430736°E / 40.509394; 141.430736

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