Ichinoseki Station

Ichinoseki Station 一ノ関駅
File:Ichinoseki station.jpg Ichinoseki Station in October 2010
Location	67-1 Ekimae, Ichinoseki, Iwate （岩手県一関市一関市駅前67-1） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Tōhoku Shinkansen, Tōhoku Main Line, Ōfunato Line
History
Opened	1890
Traffic
Passengers (FY2012)	4,562 daily

Ichinoseki Station (一ノ関駅, Ichinoseki-eki) is a railway station in Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Ichinoseki Station is served by the Tōhoku Shinkansen, Tōhoku Main Line and is a terminal station for the Ōfunato Line. It is 445.1 rail kilometers from the starting point of the Tōhoku Shinkansen and Tōhoku Main Line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Ichinoseki 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.

Platforms

1	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Kitakami and Morioka for Kogota and Sendai (starting services)
2	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Kogota and Sendai for Kitakami and Morioka (starting services)
3	■ Ōfunato Line	for Kesennuma
11	■ Tōhoku Shinkansen	for Morioka, Shin-Aomori, and Akita
12	■ Tōhoku Shinkansen	for Sendai, Ōmiya, and Tokyo

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōhoku Shinkansen
Hayabusa: no stop
Kurikoma-Kōgen		Hayate		Mizusawa-Esashi
Kurikoma-Kōgen		Yamabiko		Mizusawa-Esashi
Tōhoku Main Line
Sendai		Cassiopeia	Morioka
Arikabe		-	Yamanome
Ōfunato Line
Terminus		Local	Mataki

History

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.

Surrounding area

• Ichinoseki City Hall
• Ichinoseki Post Office

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)