Nikaho Station

Nikaho Station
仁賀保駅

Nikaho Station
Location 18-3 Shimizu, Hirasawa, Nikaho, Akita
(秋田県にかほ市平沢字清水18-3)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Uetsu Main Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened 1922
Previous names Ugo-Hirasawa (until 1968)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010) 329 daily

Nikaho Station (仁賀保駅 Nikaho eki) is a railway station on the Uetsu Main Line in Nikaho, Akita, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Nikaho Station is served by the Uetsu Main Line, and is located 214.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Niitsu Station.

Station layout

Nikaho Station has a side platform and an island platform connected by an overpass, serving three tracks.

Platforms

1  Uetsu Main Line for Ugo-Honjō and Akita
2  Uetsu Main Line for Kisakata and Sakata
3  Uetsu Main Line passing track

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Uetsu Main Line
Konoura - Nishime

History

The station opened on June 30, 1922[1] as Ugo-Hirasawa Station (羽後平沢駅) on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Rikuusai Line. The station was renamed Nikaho Station on April 1, 1968.[1] With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. A new station building was completed in June 2001.[2]

Surrounding area

References

  1. 1 2 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 135/540. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  2. Kouznetsov (4 August 2013). "羽越本線仁賀保". 羽越線資料館.

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Coordinates: 39°17′23″N 139°57′50″E / 39.289836°N 139.963992°E / 39.289836; 139.963992

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