260px, Akita Shinkansen at Ōmagari Station is a junction railway station in the city of Daisen,

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, Japan, operated by

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(JR East).

Lines

Ōmagari Station is served by the

Ōu Main Line The is a railway line in Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Fukushima Station through Akita Station to Aomori Station. Since the opening of the Yamagata Shinkansen on July 1, 1992, the Fukushima–Yamag ...

Tazawako Line The is a railway line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) connecting Morioka Station in Morioka, Iwate and Ōmagari Station in Daisen, Akita, Japan. Akita Shinkansen '' Komachi'' trains travel over the line, which was regauge ...

and Akita Shinkansen. It is located 240.7 km from the terminus of the Ōu Main Line at Fukushima Station and is 75.6 kilometers from the intermediate terminus of the Akita Shinkansen at

Morioka Station Morioka Station ( ja, 盛岡駅, ) is a railway station in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR East. Lines Morioka Station is a major junction station, and is served by both the Tōhoku Shinkansen and the Akita Shinkansen. I ...

. The station is also a

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for the Tazawako Line, and is 76.6 kilometers from the opposing terminal at Morioka Station.

Station layout

Ōmagari Station has a

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island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

and

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serving a total of five tracks. Platforms 1 and 2 are for the Ōu Main Line, while trains using platforms 3, 11, and 12 reverse into and out of the station. The platforms are connected by a footbridge and the station has a ''

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'' staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

Ōmagari Station was opened on December 21, 1904 on the

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(JGR) Ōu Main Line, serving the town of

Ōmagari, Akita was a city located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. In 2003, the city had an estimated population of 39,048 and a density of 372.99 persons per km2. The total area was 104.69 km2. On March 22, 2005, Ōmagari, along with the towns of Kamioka, K ...

. The predecessor of the Tozawako Line, the Obonai keiben-sen, began operations from July 30, 1921, and was nationalized the following year. The JGR became the

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(JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the

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of the JNR on April 1, 1987. The Akita Shinkansen began operations from March 22, 1997 and a new station building was inaugurated on July 20 of the same year.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 2043 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* Ōmagari post office * *

References

External links

JR East Station information
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