Address Japan | Opened 1891 | |
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Location Ishikiridokoro, Ninohe, Iwate
（岩手県二戸市石切所）
Japan Operated by JR East
Iwate Ginga Railway Company Line(s) Tōhoku Shinkansen
Iwate Ginga Railway Line Previous names Fukuoka; Kita-Fukuoka (until 1987) Passengers (FY2012) 759 (JR East)
847 (Iwate Ginga Railway) daily Similar Iwate‑Numakunai Station, Tomai Station, Kintaichi‑Onsen Station, Shichinohe‑Towada Station, Shin‑Hanamaki Station | ||
Autumn festival in ishikiri ninohe station
Ninohe Station (二戸駅, Ninohe-eki) is a railway station in Ninohe, Iwate, Japan.
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Ishikiri ninohe station autumn festival
Lines
Ninohe Station is served by the Tōhoku Shinkansen high-speed line from Tokyo to Shin-Aomori, and also by local services on the Iwate Ginga Railway Line. It is located 70.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Iwate Ginga Railway Line at Morioka Station and 601.0 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station by the Tōhoku Shinkansen.
Station layout
The JR East Ninohe Station has two elevated opposed side platforms. The platforms have chest-high platform edge doors, and the tracks are covered with a roof to form a snow shelter. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
The adjacent Iwate Ginga Railway Station has a ground level island platform and a single side platform connected to the three-story station building by an overhead crossing. The station is staffed.
Adjacent stations
Some Shinkansen trains pass this station.
Connecting bus routes
History
Ninohe Station was opened as Fukuoka Station (福岡駅, Fukuoka-eki) on 20 December 1891. The station was renamed Kita-Fukuoka Station (北福岡駅, Kita-Fukuoka-eki) on 1 June 1921, and was renamed to its present name on 1 February 1987. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987 and was transferred to the Iwate Ginga Railway on 1 September 2002. Services on the Tōhoku Shinkansen commenced 1 December 2002.