Akita Station
|
Akita
秋田 |
|
|---|---|
Akita Station, August 2010
|
|
| Location | 7-1-2 Naka-dori, Akita, Akita （秋田県秋田市中通7丁目1-2） Japan |
| Operated by | JR East |
| Line(s) | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> |
| History | |
| Opened | 1902 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY2012) | 11,143 daily |
Akita Station (秋田駅 Akita-eki?) is a railway station in Akita, Akita, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Contents
Lines
Akita Station is served by the following lines.
- Akita Shinkansen (terminus)
- Ōu Main Line (298.7 km from terminus at Fukushima Station)
- Uetsu Main Line (terminus)
- Oga Line
Limited express services
- Komachi (Tokyo–Akita)
- Tsugaru (Akita–Aomori)
- Inaho (Niigata–Sakata–Akita)
- Akebono (Ueno–Aomori)
- Nihonkai (Seasonal, Osaka–Aomori)
Station layout
Akita Station is an elevated station, consisting of four island platforms serving eight tracks for regular trains, and two bay platforms for the Akita Shinkansen. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office and a View Plaza travel agency.[1]
Platforms
| 1 | ■Ōu Main Line | for Higashi-Noshiro, Ōdate, and Aomori |
| ■Oga Line | for Oga | |
| 2–6 | ■Ōu Main Line | for Higashi-Noshiro, Ōdate, and Aomori |
| for Ōmagari, Yokote and Shinjō | ||
| ■Uetsu Main Line | for Ugo-Honjō, Sakata, and Niigata | |
| ■Oga Line | for Oga | |
| 7/8 | ■Ōu Main Line | for Higashi-Noshiro, Ōdate, and Aomori |
| 11 | ■Akita Shinkansen | Arriving trains, Extra Komachi Tazawako Line empty trains Extra Rapid Hanabi |
| 12 | ■Akita Shinkansen | Komachi for Morioka, Sendai, and Tokyo |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akita Shinkansen | ||||
| Ōmagari | Komachi | Terminus | ||
| Ōu Main Line | ||||
| Kariwano | Tsugaru | Ikawa-Sakura | ||
| Kariwano | Akebono | Ikawa-Sakura | ||
| Kariwano | Nihonkai | Ikawa-Sakura | ||
| Yotsugoya | - | Tsuchizaki | ||
| Uetsu Main Line | ||||
| Ugo-Kameda | Inaho | Terminus | ||
| Ugo-Ushijima | - | Terminus | ||
| Oga Line | ||||
| Terminus | - | Tsuchizaki | ||
History
Akita Station opened on 21 October 1902.[2] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987. A new station building was completed in 1997.[citation needed]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2012, the station was used by an average of 11,143 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 13,919[4] |
| 2005 | 12,509[5] |
| 2010 | 11,369[6] |
| 2011 | 11,160[7] |
| 2012 | 11,143[3] |
Surrounding area
- Akita Station building "Topico" (department store near the west entrance)
- Akitaekimae post office
- AL☆Ve (shopping/hotel complex near the east entrance)
- Kanto festival (five-minute walk from the west entrance)
- Senshu park
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Akita Station. |
- JR East station information (Japanese)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Articles containing Japanese-language text
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles with unsourced statements from October 2013
- Commons category link is defined as the pagename
- Articles with Japanese-language external links
- Stations of East Japan Railway Company
- Akita Shinkansen
- Ōu Main Line
- Railway stations in Akita Prefecture
- Uetsu Main Line
- Railway stations opened in 1902
- 1902 establishments in Japan
- Buildings and structures in Akita, Akita
