is a junction
railway station
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in the city of
Kitakami, Iwate
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 92,311, and a population density of 210 persons per km2 in 37,085 households. The total area of the city is . The city is famous for the sak ...
, Japan, operated by the
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), with a freight terminal operated by the
Japan Freight Railway Company
, or , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It provides transportation of cargo nationwide throughout Japan. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo near Shinjuku Station.
The Japan Railways Group was foun ...
(JR Freight).
Lines
Kitakami Station is served by the
Tōhoku Shinkansen
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high-speed line from to , and also by local services on the
Tōhoku Main Line
The Tōhoku Main Line ( ja, 東北本線, ) is a long railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line starts from Tokyo Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo and passes through such cities as Saitama, Utsunomiya, Fukush ...
and
Kitakami Line. It is located 487.5 kilometers from the starting point of the Tōhoku Main Line at
Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station ( ja, 東京駅, ) is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Tokyo Imperial Palace, Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is ...
and is also a terminus for the Kitakami Line.
Station layout
![Kitakami-Station-platform 11 12](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Kitakami-Station-platform_11_12.jpg)
The local portion of Kitakami Station has an
island platform
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and a single
side platform
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. However, the side platform is cut, forming a partial
bay platform
In the United Kingdom and in Australia, a bay platform is a dead-end railway platform at a railway station that has through lines. It is normal for bay platforms to be shorter than their associated through platforms.
Overview
Bay and islan ...
, so that the platform effectively serves two tracks. The Tōhoku Shinkansen portion of the station has an island platform and a single side platform serving three tracks. All of the platforms are elevated. The station has a ''
Midori no Madoguchi
, which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Grou ...
'' staffed ticket office.
Platforms
History
The station opened on 1 November 1890 as .
It was renamed Kitakami Station on 10 November 1954.
The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of 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) on 1 April 1987.
Services on the Tohoku Shinkansen commenced 30 March 1996.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 3,778 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
*Kitakami City Hall
*Hotel Mets Kitakami
*Kitakami Post office
*Hotel CityPlaza Kitakami
See also
*
List of railway stations in Japan
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan.
External links
{{Portal bar, Japan, Trains
*
Railway stations
Japan
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References
External links
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{{Kitakami Line
Railway stations in Iwate Prefecture
Tōhoku Shinkansen
Kitakami Line
Tōhoku Main Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1890
Kitakami, Iwate
Stations of East Japan Railway Company
Stations of Japan Freight Railway Company