Operated by JR East Opened 1890 | Passengers (FY2012) 3,449 daily Phone +81 198-23-5226 | |
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Location 1-43-2 Odori, Hanamaki, Iwate
（岩手県花巻市大通り一丁目1-43-2）
Japan Line(s) Tohoku Main Line
Kamaishi Line Address Japan, Iwate Prefecture, Hanamaki, 駅前大通り1丁目1番43号の2 Similar Shin‑Hanamaki Station, Kitakami Station, Hanamaki‑Kūkō Station, Kamaishi Station, Ishidoriya Station | ||
Shinkansen blowing by shin hanamaki station
Hanamaki Station (花巻駅, Hanamaki-eki) is a railway station on the Tohoku Main Line in Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Shinkansen series e5 and series e6 coupled at shin hanamaki station in slow motion
Lines
Hanamaki Station is served by the Tohoku Main Line and the Kamaishi Line. It is located 500.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Tohoku Main Line at Tokyo Station, 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.
History
Hanamaki Station opened on 1 November 1890. 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. The two stations were amalgamated on 20 September 1943. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.
The station building was renovated in 2014 with a style evoking the early 20th-century Taisho period portrayed in works by author Kenji Miyazawa, with work completed on 21 September 2014.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 3,449 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.