Hanamaki Station
花巻駅 |
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Hanamaki Station in May 2015
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Location | 1-43-2 Odori, Hanamaki-shi, Iwate-ken 025-0092 Japan |
Coordinates | 39°23′37″N 141°06′37″E / 39.393729°N 141.110278°ECoordinates: 39°23′37″N 141°06′37″E / 39.393729°N 141.110278°E |
Operated by | JR East |
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Distance | 500.0 km from Tokyo |
Platforms | 1 island + 1 side platform |
Tracks | 3 |
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Structure type | At grade |
Other information | |
Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 1 November 1890 |
Traffic | |
Passengers (FY2015) | 3,379 (daily) |
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Hanamaki Station (花巻駅 Hanamaki-eki?) is a railway station on the Tohoku Main Line in Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Hanamaki Station is served by the Tohoku Main Line and the Kamaishi Line. It is located 500.0 kilometers from the starting point of the Tohoku Main Line at Tokyo Station, and is a terminus for the Kamaishi Line. Hanamaki Station is not a stop of the Tohoku Shinkansen. The nearest Shinkansen stations are Shin-Hanamaki Station (6.4 km via the Kamaishi Line) and Kitakami Station (12.5 km via the Tohoku Main Line).
Hanamaki Station has an island platform and a single side platform serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
The platforms in August 2007
Hanamaki Station opened on 1 November 1890. The Iwate Light Railway (岩手軽便鉄道?) (the forerunner of the Kamaishi Line) established its terminus at Hanamaki on 25 October 1913. The two stations were amalgamated on 20 September 1943. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.