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Ichinoseki Station

Ichinoseki Station
一ノ関駅
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Ichinoseki Station in October 2010
Location 67-1 Ekimae, Ichinoseki, Iwate
(岩手県一関市一関市駅前67-1)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Tōhoku Shinkansen, Tōhoku Main Line, Ōfunato Line
History
Opened 1890
Traffic
Passengers (FY2012) 4,562 daily

Ichinoseki Station (一ノ関駅 Ichinoseki-eki?) is a railway station in Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Ichinoseki Station is served by the Tōhoku Shinkansen, Tōhoku Main Line and is a terminal station for the Ōfunato Line. It is 445.1 rail kilometers from the starting point of the Tōhoku Shinkansen and Tōhoku Main Line at Tokyo Station.

Ichinoseki Station has a single side platform and an island platform serving the Tōhoku Main Line and Ōfunato Line, and a pair of elevated opposed side platforms for the Tōhoku Shinkansen.

Ichinoseki Station opened on April 16, 1890 on what is now the Tōhoku Main Line. Service on the Ōfunato Line started from July 26, 1925, and on the Tōhoku Shinkansen from June 23, 1982. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.


Coordinates: 38°55′36″N 141°08′19″E / 38.926531°N 141.138697°E / 38.926531; 141.138697


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