Oiwake Station (Akita)

Oiwake Station 追分駅
Oiwake Station (November 23, 2009)
Location	257-4 Ebiana, Kanaashi-oiwake, Akita, Akita （秋田県秋田市金足字海老穴257-4） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ōu Main Line Oga Line
History
Opened	1902
Traffic

Passengers (FY2012)	1,838 daily

Oiwake Station (追分駅, Oiwake-eki^?) is a railway station on the Ōu Main Line in the city of Akita, 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.

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

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

In fiscal 2012, the station was used by an average of 1,838 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).