Noheji Station

Noheji Station (野辺地駅, Noheji-eki) is a junction 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.

Noheji Station

野辺地駅
Noheji Station in July 2008
Location49-2 Kamikonakano, Noheji-machi, Kamikita-gun,Aomori-ken 039-3154
Japan
Coordinates40°51′18.54″N 141°07′10.60″E
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance44.6 km from Aomori
Platforms1 side + 2 island platforms
ConnectionsBus stop
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 September 1891
Passengers
FY2018294 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
through to Aoimori Railway Line Shimokita Mutsu-Yokohama
toward Ōminato
Terminus Ōminato Line Kita-Noheji
toward Ōminato
Preceding station Aoimori Railway Following station
through to Ōminato Line Shimokita Kamikitachō
toward Hachinohe
Shimizugawa
toward Aomori
through to Ōminato Line
Karibasawa
toward Aomori
Aoimori Railway Line Chibiki
toward Metoki
Location
Noheji Station
Location within Aomori Prefecture
Noheji Station
Noheji Station (Japan)

Lines

Noheji Station is one of six principal stations served by the Aoimori Railway Line,[1] and is 44.6 kilometers (27.7 mi) 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.

Platforms

1  Ōminato Line for Ōminato
2  Aoimori Railway Line for Aomori
for Hachinohe
 Ōminato Line for Ōminato
3  Aoimori Railway Line for Misawa and Hachinohe
for Aomori
4/5  Aoimori Railway Line for Hachinohe
for Aomori

Bus terminal

Highway buses

History

Noheiji Station was opened on 1 September 1891 as a station of the Nippon Railway. It was nationalized on 1 July 1906 and became a station of the Japanese Government Railways Tōhoku Main Line. On 20 March 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 15 March 1954 an 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 three 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.[3]

From 5 August 1968, the Nanbu Jūkan Railway began operations from Noheji (operations ended in 1997). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 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 4 December 2010, the day the Tōhoku Shinkansen was extended to Shin-Aomori.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 294 passengers daily (boarding passengers only for the Ōminato Line).[4]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  • JTB Timetable December 2010 issue
  1. "Aoimori Railway Line Route and Fares" (pdf). September 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  2. "えんぶり号 - 弘南バス株式会社". www.konanbus.com. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  3. http://www.asyura2.com/12/warb9/msg/630.html
  4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

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