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Furudate Station (古館駅, Furudate-eki) is a railway station in the town of Shiwa, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Furudate Station 古館駅 | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Nakajima, Shiwa-cho, Shiwa-gun, Iwate-ken 028-3301 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°34′52″N 141°09′17″E / 39.5811°N 141.1546°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Tōhoku Main Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 521.5 km from Tokyo | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1 March 1949 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2018 | 725 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Lines
editFurudate Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 521.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.
Station layout
editThe station has two opposed elevated side platforms with the station building is located underneath. The station is adjacent to the elevated rails of the Tōhoku Shinkansen, which does not stop at this station. The station is staffed and has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.
Platforms
edit1 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line | for Kitakami and Ichinoseki |
2 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line | for Morioka |
History
editFurudate Station was opened on 1 March 1949. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 725 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (208年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
External links
editMedia related to Furudate Station (Iwate) at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East Station information (in Japanese)