Hon-Hachinohe Station

Hon-Hachinohe Station (本八戸駅, Hon-Hachinohe-eki) is a railway station in the city of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Hon-Hachinohe Station 本八戸駅
Hon-Hachinohe Station in October 2011
Location	1-16-7 Uchimaru, Hachinohe-shi, Aomori-ken 031-0075 Japan
Coordinates	40°30′58.68″N 141°29′20.26″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Hachinohe Line
Distance	5.5 km from Hachinohe
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed, Midori no Madoguchi
Website	Official website
History
Opened	January 4, 1898
Previous names	Hachinohe (until 1971)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2018)	1,157 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Naganawashiro toward Hachinohe Hachinohe Line Konakano toward Kuji
Location
Hon-Hachinohe Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Show map of Aomori Prefecture Hon-Hachinohe Station Hon-Hachinohe Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Hon-Hachinohe Station is served by the Hachinohe Line, and lies 5.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Hachinohe Station.

Station layout

The station has single elevated island platform serving two tracks with the station building located underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office as well as automatic ticket machines.

Platforms

The platforms in October 2011

1	■ Hachinohe Line	for Hachinohe
2	■ Hachinohe Line	for Same and Kuji

History

The station opened on January 4, 1898, as Hachinohe Station (八ノ戸駅) on the Nippon Railway. The Nippon Railway was nationalized on November 1, 1906, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), and a year later, on November 1, 1907, the station was renamed Hachinohe Station (八戸駅). The JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. In 1971, Shiriuchi Station (尻内駅, Shiriuchi-eki) on the Tohoku Main Line was renamed "Hachinohe Station", and the original Hachinohe Station was renamed "Hon-Hachinohe". The station building was elevated and completely rebuilt in 1977.[1] With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.

The station was again rebuilt from December 2014, with work completed on 31 July 2015.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1157 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

• Hachinohe City Hall
• Hachinohe Castle

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 本八戸駅の改装工事が竣工 [rebuilding work completed at Hon-Hachinohe Station]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
2. 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

• Official website (in Japanese)