Ichinohe Station

Ichinohe Station 一戸駅
Ichinohe Station in May 2018
General information
Location	Saihoji Inari, Ichinohe-machi, Ninohe-gun, Iwate-ken 028-5301 Japan
Coordinates	40°12′36″N 141°17′51″E
Operated by	Iwate Galaxy Railway Company
Line(s)	■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line
Distance	64.5 km from Morioka
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 February 1893
Passengers
FY2015	587 daily
Location Ichinohe Station Location within Japan

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.

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

• JR Bus Tohoku
  • For Ninohe Station
  • For Kuzumaki via Kozuya
• Nanbu Bus
• Iwate-Kenhoku 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

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

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). Vol. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)