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Oiwake Station

追分駅

Oiwake Station (May 20, 2018)

General information
Location257-4 Ebiana, Kanaashi-oiwake, Akita-shi, Akita-ken, 010-0126
Japan
Coordinates39°48′36″N 140°03′28″E / 39.80995°N 140.057745°E
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Distance311.7 kilometers from Fukushima
Platforms1 side + 1 island platform
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedOctober 21, 1902
Passengers
FY20181653 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Kami-Iijima

towards Akita

Ōu Main Line

Rapid

Ōkubo

towards Aomori

Kami-Iijima

towards Shinjō

Ōu Main Line

Local

Kami-Iijima

towards Akita

Oga Line Detohama

towards Oga

Location

Oiwake Station is located in Akita Prefecture

Oiwake Station

Oiwake Station

Location within Akita Prefecture

Oiwake Station is located in Japan

Oiwake Station

Oiwake Station

Oiwake Station (Japan)

Oiwake Station (追分駅, Oiwake-eki) is a junction railway station in the city of Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Oiwake Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 311.7 km from the starting point of the line at Fukushima Station. It is also the southern terminus of the Oga Line and is 26.6 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Oga.

The station has a single side platform and an island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

1  Oga Line for Akita
For Oga
2  Oga Line for Oga
 Ōu Main Line for Higashi-Noshiro and Hirosaki
3  Ōu Main Line for Akita and Ōmagari

Oiwake Station opened on October 21, 1902 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR).[1] 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.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1653 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

  1. ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 127. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  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.

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