of the

Kōnan Railway Company The is a railway company that provides transportation services in western Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The company operates two regional railway lines: the Kōnan Line, which connects Hirosaki Station in the city of Hirosaki and Kuroishi Station ...

and of

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...

(JR East) on the northern

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 ...

form an integrated railway station in the town of Ōwani, Minamitsugaru District,

Aomori Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region. The prefecture's capital, largest city, and namesake is the city of Aomori. Aomori is the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island, Honshu, and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east, ...

, Japan.

Lines

Ōwani-Onsen Station is served by the

, and is located 435.3 km from the starting point of the line at . Kōnan Railway's Ōwani Station is the southern terminus of the

Kōnan Railway Ōwani Line The is a railway route operated by the Japanese private railway in Aomori Prefecture, from Chūō-Hirosaki Station in Hirosaki to Ōwani Station in Ōwani. History On July 25, 1949 the was established, and connected Ōwani Station with C ...

Station layout

JR Ōwani-Onsen Station has one

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 one

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

serving tracks 1 to 3. The Kōnan Railway Ōwani Station has one island platform serving tracks 4 and 5; however, in practice only track 4 is in use.

Platforms

History

The station opened on October 21, 1895 as on the Japanese government railways, the predecessor to the

Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

(JNR). A footbridge connecting the platforms was completed in 1915, and the station building in 1921. With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. On March 16, 1991, it was renamed Ōwani-Onsen Station. The Kōnan Railway Ōwani Station opened on January 26, 1952. On October 1, 1970 it was renamed to distinguish it from the adjacent JNR station; however, it reverted to its original name on April 1, 1986.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the JR East station was used by an average of 212 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* Aomori Bank Ōwani branch * Ōwani Post Office * Ōwani Onsen *

References

External links

*
Konan Railway website
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