is a junction

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in the city of

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Akita Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in ; "Tōhoku" in . Its population is approximately 966,000 (as of 1 October 2019) and its ge ...

, Japan, operated by

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(JR East).

Lines

Akita Station is the northern terminus of the Akita Shinkansen, and is 127.3 kilometers from and 662.6 kilometers from . The station is also the northern terminus of the

Uetsu Main Line The is a railway line in the Tohoku and Chubu regions of Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) system, it connects Niitsu Station in the city of Niigata and Akita Station in Akita. The name "Uetsu" refers to the ancient ...

and is 298.7 kilometers from the starting point of that line at and is also a station on

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 ...

. Most trains on the

Oga Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Oiwake Station (Akita), Oiwake Station in Akita, Akita, Akita, Akita Prefecture to Oga Station in Oga, Akita, Oga, Akita Prefecture. It is nicknamed th ...

continue past the nominal southern terminal of that line at to terminate at Akita Station.

Shinkansen

* '' Komachi'' (–Akita)

Limited Express

* ''

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'' (Akita–) * '' Inaho'' (––Akita)

Station layout

Central ticket gate of Akita Station 20170830

The station is an elevated station, consisting of four

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s serving eight tracks for regular trains, and two

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s for the Akita Shinkansen. The station has a "

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" staffed ticket office and a View Plaza travel agency.

Platforms

History

Akita Station opened on 21 October 1902. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987. The station's building was renovated in 1997.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 10,733 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

* Akita Station building "" (department store near the west entrance) *

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* Akitaekimae post office * (shopping/hotel complex near the east entrance) * Kanto festival (five-minute walk from the west entrance) *

Bus terminals

West side bus terminal of the Akita Station 20140518

Long-distance buses

* For Yokote Station, Jūmonji, Yuzawa Station * For Noshiro Station * ''Senshu''; For

Sendai Station (Miyagi) is a major junction railway station in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. It is a stop for all Akita and Tohoku Shinkansen trains, the eastern terminus for the Senzan Line, and major stop on both the Tohoku Main Line and Senseki Line. It is loca ...

* ''Flora''; For

Shinjuku Station is a major railway station in the Shinjuku and Shibuya wards in Tokyo, Japan. In Shinjuku, it is part of the Nishi-Shinjuku and Shinjuku districts. In Shibuya, it is located in the Yoyogi and Sendagaya districts. It is the world's busiest rai ...

* ''Dream Akita/Yokohama''; For

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and

Yokohama Station is a major interchange railway station in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It is the busiest station in Kanagawa Prefecture and the fifth-busiest in the world as of 2013, serving 760 million passengers a year. Lines Yokohama Station is served by the ...

References

External links

JR East station information
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