Hon-Hachinohe Station

Hon-Hachinohe Station

本八戸駅
Hon-Hachinohe Station in October 2011
General information
Location1-16-7 Uchimaru, Hachinohe-shi, Aomori-ken 031-0075
Japan
Coordinates40°30′58.68″N 141°29′20.26″E / 40.5163000°N 141.4889611°E / 40.5163000; 141.4889611
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Hachinohe Line
Distance5.5 km from Hachinohe
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
StatusStaffed, Midori no Madoguchi
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened4 January 1898 (1898-01-04)
Previous namesHachinohe (until 1971)
Passengers
FY2020843 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Naganawashiro
towards Hachinohe
Hachinohe Line Konakano
towards Kuji
Location
Hon-Hachinohe Station
Location within Aomori Prefecture
Hon-Hachinohe Station
Hon-Hachinohe Station (Japan)

Hon-Hachinohe Station (本八戸駅, Hon-Hachinohe-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station is also officially listed as a freight depot of the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight), although no freight trains depart or arrive here, and the Hon-Hachinohe Station Freight Handling Station (which was at the end of a line that branches off from the Hachinohe Line between Naganaeshiro Station and Hon-Hachinohe Station, and runs about 500m north along the Mabechi River) ceased operations in June 2006,