Ōdate Station

Railway station in Ōdate, Akita Prefecture, Japan

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Ōdate Station

大館駅

Ōdate Station in November 2023

General information
Location| 1-3-1 Onari-chō, Ōdate-shi, Akita-ken 017-0044
Japan
Coordinates| 40°17′16.8″N 140°33′23.4″E﻿ / ﻿40.288000°N 140.556500°E﻿ / 40.288000; 140.556500
Operated by|

* JR East
* JR Freight

Line(s)|

* ■ Ōu Main Line
* ■ Hanawa Line

Distance| 402.9 kilometers from Fukushima
Platforms| 1 side + 1 island platform
Other information
Status| Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website| Official website
History
Opened| November 15, 1899
Passengers
FY2018| 906
Services
| Preceding station  |  JR East | Following station

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Takanosu

towards Akita

|  | Tsugaru |  | Ikarigaseki

towards Aomori

Hayaguchi

towards Akita

|  | Ōu Main Line

Rapid

Shimokawazoi

towards Shinjō

|  | Ōu Main Line

Local

|  | Shirasawa

towards Aomori

Higashi-Ōdate

towards Morioka

|  | Hanawa Line |  | Terminus
Location

Ōdate Station

Location within Akita Prefecture

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Ōdate Station

Ōdate Station (Japan)

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Ōdate Station (大館駅, Ōdate-eki) is a junction railway station in the city of Ōdate, Akita, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station also has a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

## Lines[edit]

Ōdate Station is a station on the Ōu Main Line, and is located 402.9 km from the terminus of the line at Fukushima in Fukushima Prefecture. It is also a terminal station on the Hanawa Line, and is located 106.9 km from the opposing terminus of the line at Kōma in Iwate Prefecture. The station formerly also served the now-defunct Kosaka Smelting & Refining Kosaka Line.

## Station layout[edit]

The station has a single side platform and single island platform serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

### Platforms[edit]

1 | ■ Ōu Main Line | for Higashi-Noshiro and Akita

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2 | ■ Ōu Main Line  | for Hirosaki
3 | ■ Hanawa Line | for Towada-Minami, Kazuno-Hanawa, and Morioka

## History[edit]

Ōdate Station before World War II

Ōdate Station opened on November 15, 1899,[1] on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). The privately owned Kosaka Line began operations in 1909, and the privately owned Akita Railway began operations from July 1, 1914.[citation needed] The Hanaoka Line opened on January 26, 1916.[citation needed] The Akita Railway was nationalized on June 1, 1934.[citation needed]

After World War II, the JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR). The Hanaoka Line closed on April 1, 1985.[citation needed] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. Kosaka Line passenger operations ceased on October 1, 1994, and freight operations ended on March 12, 2008.[citation needed]

### Hachikō[edit]

See also: Hachikō § Bronze statues

A statue of Hachikō was first erected in front of the station in July 1935, but was subsequently melted down for its metal content in World War II, and was not restored until November 1986.[citation needed]

## Passenger statistics[edit]

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 906 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

## Surrounding area[edit]

* Ōdate Station Bus Stop
* Shūhoku Bus Main Office

## See also[edit]

* List of Railway Stations in Japan

## References[edit]

1. ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 128\. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
2. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2018年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved January 21, 2020.

## External links[edit]

Media related to Ōdate Station at Wikimedia Commons

* JR East Station information (in Japanese)

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Stations of the Ōu Main Line

Fukushima to Shinjō (Yamagata Line)|

* Fukushima
* Sasakino
* Niwasaka
* ~~Akaiwa~~
* Itaya
* Tōge
* Ōsawa
* Sekine
* Yonezawa
* Oitama
* Takahata
* Akayu
* Nakagawa
* Uzen-Nakayama
* Kaminoyama-Onsen
* Mokichi Kinenkan-mae
* Zaō
* Yamagata
* Kita-Yamagata
* Uzen-Chitose
* Minami-Dewa
* Urushiyama
* Takatama
* Tendō-Minami
* Tendō
* Midaregawa
* Jimmachi
* Sakurambo-Higashine
* Higashine
* Murayama
* Sodesaki
* Ōishida
* Kita-Ōishida
* Ashisawa
* Funagata
* Shinjō

Shinjō to Ōmagari|

* Shinjō
* Izumita
* Uzen-Toyosato
* Mamurogawa
* Kamabuchi
* Ōtaki
* Nozoki
* Innai
* Yokobori
* Mitsuseki
* Kami-Yuzawa
* Yuzawa
* Shimo-Yuzawa
* Jūmonji
* Daigo
* Yanagita
* Yokote
* Gosannen
* Iizume
* Ōmagari

Ōmagari to Aomori (formerly Ōu North Line)|

* Ōmagari
* Jingūji
* Kariwano
* Mineyoshikawa
* Ugo-Sakai
* Ōbarino
* Wada
* Yotsugoya
* Akita
* Izumi-Sotoasahikawa
* Tsuchizaki
* Kami-Iijima
* Oiwake
* Ōkubo
* Ugo-Iizuka
* Ikawa-Sakura
* Hachirōgata
* Koikawa
* Kado
* Moritake
* Kita-Kanaoka
* Higashi-Noshiro
* Tsurugata
* Tomine
* Futatsui
* Maeyama
* Takanosu
* Nukazawa
* Hayaguchi
* Shimokawazoi
* Ōdate
* Shirasawa
* Jimba
* Tsugaru-Yunosawa
* Ikarigaseki
* Nagamine
* Ōwani-Onsen
* Ishikawa
* Hirosaki
* Naijōshi
* Kawabe
* Kita-Tokiwa
* Namioka
* Daishaka
* Tsurugasaka
* Tsugaru-Shinjō
* Shin-Aomori
* Aomori

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Stations of the Hanawa Line

*     * Morioka
* Aoyama
* Kuriyagawa
* Sugo
* Takizawa
* Shibutami
* Kōma
* Higashi-Ōbuke
* Ōbuke
* Tairadate
* Kitamori
* Matsuo-Hachimantai
* Appi-Kōgen
* Akasakata
* Koyanohata
* Arayashimmachi
* Yokoma
* Tayama
* Anihata
* Yuze-Onsen
* Hachimantai
* Rikuchū-Ōsato
* Kazuno-Hanawa
* Shibahira
* Towada-Minami
* Suehiro
* Dobukai
* Sawajiri
* Jūnisho
* Ōtaki-Onsen
* Ōgita
* Higashi-Ōdate
* Ōdate

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