Ichinoseki Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 一ノ関駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 67-1 Ekimae, Ichinoseki-shi, Iwate-ken 021-0867 |
Country: | Japan |
Map Type: | Japan Iwate Prefecture#Japan |
Distance: | from |
Platforms: | 3 side + 1 island platforms |
Tracks: | 5 |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Passengers: | 4,398 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
is a junction railway station in the city of Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Ichinoseki Station is served by the Tōhoku Shinkansen, Tōhoku Main Line and is a terminal station for the Ōfunato Line. It is 445.1 kilometers from the starting point of the Tōhoku Shinkansen and Tōhoku Main Line at .
The station has a single side platform and an island platform serving the Tōhoku Main Line and Ōfunato Line, and a pair of elevated opposed side platforms for the Tōhoku Shinkansen. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Ichinoseki Station opened on April 16, 1890 on what is now the Tōhoku Main Line. Service on the Ōfunato Line started from July 26, 1925, and on the Tōhoku Shinkansen from June 23, 1982. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 4,398 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]