Hon-Hachinohe Station

Hon-Hachinohe Station (本八戸駅,Hon-Hachinohe-eki) is a passengerrailway station located in the city ofHachinohe,Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by theEast Japan Railway Company (JR East).^[1]^[2] The station is also officially listed as a freight depot of theJapan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight), although no freight trains depart or arrive here, and the Hon-Hachinohe Station Freight Handling Station (which was at the end of a line that branches off from the Hachinohe Line between Naganaeshiro Station and Hon-Hachinohe Station, and runs about 500m north along the Mabechi River) ceased operations in June 2006,

本八戸駅

Hon-Hachinohe Station in October 2011

General information

Location

1-16-7 Uchimaru, Hachinohe-shi, Aomori-ken 031-0075
Japan

Coordinates

40°30′58.68″N141°29′20.26″E / 40.5163000°N 141.4889611°E /40.5163000; 141.4889611

Operated by

JR East

Line(s)

■Hachinohe Line

Distance

5.5 km fromHachinohe

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Other information

Status

Staffed,Midori no Madoguchi

Website

Official website

History

Opened

4 January 1898 (1898-01-04)

Previous names

Hachinohe (until 1971)

Passengers

FY2020

843 daily

Services

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Naganawashiro towardsHachinohe		Hachinohe Line		Konakano towardsKuji

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

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Hon-Hachinohe Station is served by theHachinohe Line, and is 5.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line atHachinohe Station.^[2]

Station layout

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The station has single elevatedisland platform serving two tracks with the station building located underneath. The station has aMidori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office as well as automatic ticket machines.^[2]^[1]

Platforms

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1	■ Hachinohe Line	forHachinohe
2	■ Hachinohe Line	forSame andKuji

The platform in October 2011

History

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The station opened on January 4, 1898, asHachinohe Station (八ノ戸駅) on theNippon Railway. The Nippon Railway was nationalized on November 1, 1906, becoming part of theJapanese Government Railways (JGR), and a year later, on November 1, 1907, the station was renamed Hachinohe Station (八戸駅).^[2] The JGR became theJapanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. In 1971, Shiriuchi Station (尻内駅,Shiriuchi-eki) on theTohoku 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.^[3] 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.^[3]

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 843 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[4]

Surrounding area

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Hachinohe City Hall
Miyagi Park
- Hachinohe Castle

References

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^^a ^b"本八戸駅" [Hon-Hachinohe Station].hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved31 March 2018.
^^a ^b ^c ^dKawashima, Ryōzō (2015).図説: 日本の鉄道東北ライン全線・全駅・全配線・第8巻岩手青森エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated.Tohoku Area. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 8 Iwate Aomori area] (in Japanese). Kodansha.ISBN 4062951754.
^^a ^b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. Retrieved2 August 2015.
^各駅の乗車人員 (2020年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2020)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2021. Retrieved21 April 2022.