Noheji Station

Noheji Station
野辺地駅
Noheji Station in July 2008
Location 49-2 Kamikonakano, Noheji-machi, Kamikita-gun,Aomori-ken 039-3154
Japan
Coordinates 40°51′18.54″N 141°07′10.60″E / 40.8551500°N 141.1196111°E / 40.8551500; 141.1196111
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance 44.6 km from Aomori
Platforms 1 side + 2 island platforms
Connections Bus stop
Construction
Structure type At grade
Other information
Status Staffed
Website Official website
History
Opened September 1, 1891
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 290 daily
Location
Noheji Station
Location within Japan

Noheji Station (野辺地駅, Noheji-eki) is a railway station in the town of Noheji, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company.

Lines

Noheji Station is served by the Aoimori Railway Line, and is 44.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Aomori Station. It is also the terminal station for the Ōminato Line.

Station layout

Noheji Station has a single ground-level side platform and two ground-level island platforms serving five tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station building has a manned ticket office, as well as an automatic ticket machine.

Platforms

1 ■ Ōminato Line for Ōminato
2 ■ Aoimori Railway Line for Aomori
for Hachinohe
■ Ōminato Line for Ōminato
3 ■ Aoimori Railway Line for Misawa and Hachinohe
for Aomori
4/5 ■ Aoimori Railway Line for Hachinohe
for Aomori

Adjacent stations

←Service→
Aoimori Railway Line
Terminus   Rapid Shimokita   Kominato
Chibiki   -   Karibasawa
Ōminato Line
Terminus   Rapid Shimokita   Mutsu-Yokohama
Terminus   -   Kita-Noheji

Bus terminal

Highway buses

History

Noheiji Station was opened on September 1, 1891 as a station of the Nippon Railway. It was nationalized on July 1, 1906 and became a station of the Japanese Government Railways Tōhoku Main Line. On March 20, 1921, it became the southern terminus of the Ōminato Line. After the end of World War II, the JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR).

On March 15, 1954 a F-84 Thunderjet from nearby Misawa Air Base crashed on top of Noheji Station, destroying the station building and killing twelve people. The explosion left a crater three meters wide and two meters deep, and set fire to one of the carriages of the Tōhoku Main Line. Platforms 1 through 3 were also destroyed. The pilot ejected, but his parachute failed to open and he was also killed.[2]

From August 5, 1968, the Nanbu Jūkan Railway began operations from Noheji (operations ended in 1997). With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. The control of the Tōhoku Main Line (between Hachinohe and Aomori) was transferred to Aoimori Railway on December 4, 2010, the day the Tōhoku Shinkansen was extended to Shin-Aomori.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 290 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  • JTB Timetable December 2010 issue
  1. ↑ "えんぶり号 - 弘南バス株式会社". www.konanbus.com. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  2. ↑ http://www.asyura2.com/12/warb9/msg/630.html
  3. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
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