Wada Station (和田駅, Wada-eki) is a railway station in the city of Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Wada Station 和田駅 | |||||||||||||||
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Location | Kaminakano, Kawabe Wada,Akita-shi, Akita-ken 019-2601 Japan | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°39′3.2″N 140°13′4.1″E | ||||||||||||||
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Line(s) | ■ Ōu Main Line | ||||||||||||||
Distance | 285.4 kilometers from Fukushima | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | October 1, 1903 | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
FY2018 | 331 | ||||||||||||||
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Wada Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 285.4 km (177.3 mi) from the starting point of the line at Fukushima Station.
The station has two opposed side platforms, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed. Akita Shinkansen trains run through this station, using the tracks adjacent to Platform 1.
1 | ■ Ōu Main Line | for Ōmagari and Yuzawa |
2 | ■ Ōu Main Line | for Akita |
Wada Station opened on October 1, 1903 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR).[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.[1] A new station building was completed in February 2003.[citation needed]
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 331 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
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Stations of the Ōu Main Line | |
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Fukushima to Shinjō (Yamagata Line) |
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Shinjō to Ōmagari |
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Ōmagari to Aomori (formerly Ōu North Line) |
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