Ōbuke Station (大更駅, Ōbuke-eki) is a railway station on the Hanawa Line in the city of Hachimantai, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Ōbuke Station 大更駅 | |||||||||||
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![]() Ōbuke Station in March 2019 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 25 Jiwari 85, Ōbuke, Hachimantai-shi, Iwate-ken 028-7111 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°54′49.6″N 141°6′2.9″E | ||||||||||
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Line(s) | ■ Hanawa Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 9.0 km from Kōma | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Staffed ( Midori-no-madoguchi) | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | August 27, 1922 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2018 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2015 | 269 daily | ||||||||||
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Location | |||||||||||
![]() ![]() Ōbuke Station Location within Japan |
Ōbuke Station is served by the 106.9 km Hanawa Line, and is located 9.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kōma.[1]
Ōbuke Station has two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station has a Midori-no-madoguchi staffed ticket office.
1 | ■ Hanawa Line | for Kōma and Morioka |
2 | ■ Hanawa Line | for Arayashimmachi, Kazuno-Hanawa, and Ōdate |
Ōbuke Station opened on August 27, 1922, as a station serving the village of Ōbuke.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.[1]
A new station structure was built, opening on 23 February 2018, allowing free access between either side of the station.[2]
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 269 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Stations of the Hanawa Line | |
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