Hanamaki Station

Hanamaki Station
花巻駅
Hanamaki Station in May 2015
Location 1-43-2 Odori, Hanamaki-shi, Iwate-ken 025-0092
Japan
Coordinates 39°23′37″N 141°06′37″E / 39.393729°N 141.110278°E / 39.393729; 141.110278Coordinates: 39°23′37″N 141°06′37″E / 39.393729°N 141.110278°E / 39.393729; 141.110278
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Distance 500.0 km from Tokyo
Platforms 1 island + 1 side platform
Tracks 3
Construction
Structure type At grade
Other information
Status Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website Official website
History
Opened 1 November 1890
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 3,379 (daily)
Location
Hanamaki Station
Location within Japan

Hanamaki Station (花巻駅, Hanamaki-eki) is a railway station on the Tohoku Main Line in Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Hanamaki Station is served by the Tohoku Main Line and the Kamaishi Line. It is located 500.0 kilometers from the starting point of the Tohoku Main Line at Tokyo Station,[1] and is a terminus for the Kamaishi Line. Hanamaki Station is not a stop of the Tohoku Shinkansen. The nearest Shinkansen stations are Shin-Hanamaki Station (6.4 km via the Kamaishi Line) and Kitakami Station (12.5 km via the Tohoku Main Line).

Station layout

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

Platforms

1 ■ Tohoku Main Line for Hizume and Morioka
■ Kamaishi Line for Shin-Hanamaki and Kamaishi
2 ■ Tohoku Main Line for Kitakami, Mizusawa, and Ichinoseki
3 ■ Tohoku Main Line for Hizume and Morioka

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tohoku Main Line
Shin-Hanamaki   Rapid Hamayuri   Yahaba
Murasakino   Local   Hanamaki-Kūkō
Kamaishi Line
Yahaba   Rapid Hamayuri   Shin-Hanamaki
Terminus Local Nitanai

History

Hanamaki Station opened on 1 November 1890.[1] The Iwate Light Railway (岩手軽便鉄道) (the forerunner of the Kamaishi Line) established its terminus at Hanamaki on 25 October 1913.[1] The two stations were amalgamated on 20 September 1943.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.[1]

The station building was renovated in 2014 with a style evoking the early 20th-century Taishō period portrayed in works by author Kenji Miyazawa, with work completed on 21 September 2014.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 3,379 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
20003,817[4]
20053,513[5]
20103,281[6]
20133,449[7]
20153,379[3]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. pp. 411, 490. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. ↑ JR東日本、釜石線の花巻駅・新花巻駅をSL列車「SL銀河」のイメージで改修! [JR East renovates Hanami and Shin-Hanamaki Stations on the Kamaishi Line with "SL Ginga" motif]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan: Mynavi Corporation. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  4. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  5. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  6. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  7. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
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