ÅŒdate Station

Ōdate 大館
ÅŒdate Station in 2004
Location	1-3-1 Onari-cho, Ōdate, Akita （秋田県大館市御成町一丁目3-1） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	ÅŒu Main Line Hanawa Line
History
Opened	1899
Traffic
Passengers (FY2012)	1,084 daily

Ōdate Station (大館駅 Ōdate-eki) is a railway station in Ōdate, Akita, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Ōdate Station is a station on the Ōu Main Line, and is located 402.9 km from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station in Fukushima Prefecture. It is also a terminal station on the Hanawa Line, and is located 106.9 km from the opposing terminus of the line at Kōma Station in Iwate Prefecture. The station formerly also served the now-defunct Kosaka Smelting & Refining Kosaka Line.

Station layout

ÅŒdate Station has a single side platform and single island platform serving three tracks.

Platforms

1	â–  ÅŒu Main Line	for Higashi-Noshiro and Akita
2	â–  ÅŒu Main Line	for Hirosaki
2	â–  Hanawa Line	for Towada-Minami, Kazuno-Hanawa, and Morioka

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
ÅŒu Main Line
Takanosu		Nihonkai	ÅŒwani
Takanosu		Akebono	Ikarigaseki
Takanosu		Tsugaru	Ikarigaseki
Shimokawazoi		Local	Shirasawa
Hanawa Line
Higashi-ÅŒdate		Moriyoshi	Terminus
Higashi-ÅŒdate		Local	Terminus

History

ÅŒdate Station before World War II

Ōdate Station opened on November 15, 1899,^[1] on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). The privately owned Kosaka Line began operations in 1909, and the privately owned Akita Railway began operations from July 1, 1914. The Hanaoka Line opened on January 26, 1916. The Akira Railway was nationalized on June 1, 1934. A statue of Hachikō was first erected in front of the station in July 1935, but was subsequently melted down for its metal content in World War II, and was not restored until November 1986. After World War II, the JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR). The Hanaoka Line closed on April 1, 1985. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. Kosaka Line passenger operations ceased on October 1, 1994, and freight operations ended on March 12, 2008.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2012, the station was used by an average of 1,084 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

• ÅŒdate Station Bus Stop
• ShÅ«hoku Bus Main Office

References

1. 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.
2. 各駅の乗車人員　（2012年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2013-09-11.

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 40°17′16.8″N 140°33′23.4″E / 40.288000°N 140.556500°E