is a railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line in Nonai neighborhood of the city of

Aomori is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 278,964 in 136,457 households, and a population density of 340 people per square kilometer spread over the city's total area of ...

in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator

Aoimori Railway Company The is a public-private transport company that operates the Aoimori Railway Line in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Its headquarters are located in the city of Aomori. The government of Aomori Prefecture and the city of Aomori are the primary shareho ...

. Passenger trains serve the station over 17 and a half hours a day; the departure time between trains is roughly 30 minutes during the morning peak with reduced frequency at other times. The station also serves as a bus station for Aomori City Bus and JR Bus Tōhoku, with local bus routes connecting the station to communities throughout the city of Aomori.

Location

Nonai Station is served by the Aoimori Railway Line, and is 111.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Metoki Station. It is 728.5 kilometers from .

Station layout

Nonai Station has two opposed side platforms built on an embankment and connected by a pedestrian underpass. The station building is unattended.

Platforms

History

Nonai Station was opened on 16 July 1893 as a station on the Nippon Railway in the former village of Nonai. It became a station on the Tōhoku Main Line of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the pre-war predecessor to the Japanese National Railways (JNR), after the nationalization of the Nippon Railway on 1 November 1906. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the operational control 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). The section of the Tōhoku Main Line including this station was transferred to Aoimori Railway on 4 December 2010. A new station building 1.5 kilometers southwest of the old one was completed in March 2011. The old station was demolished, but its sidings remain in place.

Services

Nonai Station is primarily served by trains operating on a local service on the Aoimori Railway Line between Aomori and Hachinohe. It is served by one rapid express train, the 560M train operated jointly by the Aoimori Railway and the Iwate Galaxy Railway between Aomori and . Passenger trains serve the station for just over 17 and a half hours each day from 5:56am to 11:37pm. At peak hours between the first train and 9:39am, trains depart from the station roughly every 30 minutes; otherwise trains depart at an approximate hourly basis. In 2018, a daily average of 1,086 passengers boarded trains at Nonai Station, an increase from the daily average of 578 passengers the station served in 2011, the final year of its operation in the station's original location. In 2018, the station was the sixth busiest on the Aoimori Railway Line, excluding Aomori and Hachinohe stations, and the fourth busiest along the line in the city of Aomori.

Bus services

* Aomori City Bus **For Aomori Station **For Asamushi-Onsen Station * JR Bus Tōhoku **For Aomori Station **For Asamushi-Onsen Station

References

External links

* {{Portal bar, Trains, Japan Railway stations in Aomori Prefecture Aoimori Railway Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1893 Transport in Aomori (city)