Ōmagari Station (Akita)

Ōmagari Station (大曲駅, Ōmagari-eki) is a junction railway station in the city of Daisen, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Ōmagari Station 大曲駅
Ōmagari Station in September 2013
Location	6-1 Ōmagari-Tōrimachi, Daisen-shi, Akita-ken 014-0027 Japan
Coordinates	39°27′55.5″N 140°28′46.7″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Akita Shinkansen ■ Ōu Main Line ■ Tazawako Line
Platforms	1 side + 1 island + 1 bay platform
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=346
History
Opened	21 December 1904
Traffic
Passengers (FY2018)	2,086 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Reverses direction Akita Shinkansen Komachi Akita Terminus Kakunodate toward Tokyo Iizume One-way operation Ōu Main Line Rapid Kariwano toward Aomori Iizume toward Shinjō Ōu Main Line Local Jingūji toward Aomori Terminus Tazawako Line Kita-Ōmagari toward Morioka
Location
Ōmagari Station Location within Akita Prefecture Show map of Akita Prefecture Ōmagari Station Ōmagari Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Akita Shinkansen at Ōmagari Station

Lines

Ōmagari Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, Tazawako Line and Akita Shinkansen. It is located 240.7 km from the terminus of the Ōu Main Line at Fukushima Station and is 75.6 kilometers from the intermediate terminus of the Akita Shinkansen at Morioka Station. The station is also a terminal station for the Tazawako Line, and is 76.6 kilometers from the opposing terminal at Morioka Station.

Station layout

Ōmagari Station has a side platform, island platform and bay platform serving a total of five tracks. Platforms 1 and 2 are for the Ōu Main Line, while trains using platforms 3, 11, and 12 reverse into and out of the station. The platforms are connected by a footbridge and the station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Ōu Main Line	for Akita
2	■ Ōu Main Line	for Yokote and Yuzawa
3	■ Tazawako Line	for Kakunodate and Tazawako
11	■ Akita Shinkansen	for Morioka, Sendai and Tokyo
12	■ Akita Shinkansen	for Akita

History

Ōmagari Station was opened on December 21, 1904 on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Ōu Main Line, serving the town of Ōmagari, Akita. The predecessor of the Tozawako Line, the Obonai keiben-sen, began operations from July 30, 1921, and was nationalized the following year. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987. The Akita Shinkansen began operations from March 22, 1997 and a new station building was inaugurated on July 20 of the same year.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 2043 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

• Ōmagari post office
• National Route 13
• National Route 105

References

1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

External links

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)