Distance 44.6 km from Aomori Address Japan | Connections Bus stop Opened 1 September 1891 | |
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Location 49-2 Kamikonakano, Noheji-machi, Kamikita-gun,Aomori-ken 039-3154
Japan Operated by JR East
Aoimori Railway Line(s) ■ Ōminato Line
■ Aoimori Railway Line Platforms 1 side + 2 island platforms Similar Ōminato Station, Shimokita Station, Kita‑Noheji Station, Chibiki Station, Ottomo Station | ||
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.
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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.
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 thee 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.
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).