is a railway station on the Hachinohe Line operated by East Japan Railway Company

East Japan Railway Company

is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....

 (JR East). It is located in Hirono, Iwate

Hirono, Iwate

is the northernmost Pacific municipality in Kunohe District, Iwate Prefecture, Honshū island, Japan. As of August 31, 2011 the town has a population of 19,070.-History:...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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Station layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks.

1	■Hachinohe Line	For Taneichi and Hachinohe
2	■Hachinohe Line	For Kuji

History

The station opened on 1 November 1925. The station was made unstaffed from 10 December 2005. A new station building and waiting room was completed in March 2008.

External links

• JR East station information