Higashi-Noshiro Station

Higashi-Noshiro 東能代
Higashi-Noshiro Station, April 2014
Location	60 Shimoakudo, Kairagebuchi, Noshiro, Akita （秋田県能代市鰄渕字下悪戸60） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ōu Main Line Gonō Line
History
Opened	1901
Previous names	Hataori; Noshiro (until 1943)
Traffic

Passengers (FY2010)	555 daily

Higashi-Noshiro Station (東能代駅, Higashi-Noshiro-eki) 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 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

Higashi-Noshiro Station opened on November 1, 1901^[1] as Noshiro Station (能代駅) on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), serving the village of Ogifuchi, Akita. It was renamed Hataori Station (機織駅) on November 1, 1909, and renamed again to its present name on June 15, 1943. JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

Higashi-Noshiro post office (delivery and collection office)

References

↑ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 128. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.

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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