Higashi-Noshiro Station

Higashi-Noshiro 東能代
File:JR East Higashi-Noshiro Station.jpg 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
	■ 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 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)

External links

• JR East station information (Japanese)