Innai Station

Location
	Innai Station Location within Akita Prefecture Innai Station Innai Station (Japan)

Innai Station

院内駅
Innai Station; 院内駅
	Innai Station in July 2018
General information
Location	Kozawa-115 Kamiinnai Yuzawa-shi, Akita-ken 019-0111; Japan
Coordinates	39°2′58.5″N 140°24′50.1″E / 39.049583°N 140.413917°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ōu Main Line
Distance	194.4 kilometers from Fukushima
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	October 21, 1904
Passengers
FY2007	47
Services
Location
Location
	Innai Station Location within Akita Prefecture Innai Station Innai Station (Japan)

Innai Station (院内駅, Innai eki) is a railway station on the Ōu Main Line in the city of Yuzawa, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR East.

Lines

Innai Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 194.4 km from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Ōu Main Line	for Ōmagari and Akita
2	■ Ōu Main Line	for Shinjō and Yamagata
3	■ Ōu Main Line	for occasional service

History

Innai Station opened on October 21, 1904, as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station has been unattended since December 1979. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987. The original station building was destroyed by a fire on February 2, 1988. The current building, completed in March 1989, also serves as a local history museum.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2007, the station was used by an average of 47 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

Innai Station is located in the small hamlet of Innai, in the Ogachi area of southern Yuzawa City. Innai itself has few businesses, though central Ogachi, just to the north, has many. About 12 kilometers to the SE lies Akinomiya Onsen, a popular hot spring resort area.

References

^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2007年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2007)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

External links

JR East Station information (in Japanese)

[jreast2007stats-1] 各駅の乗車人員 (2007年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2007)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

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