Wada Station

Wada Station 和田駅
Wada Station in August 2012
Location	Kaminakano, Kawabe Wada,Akita-shi, Akita-ken 019-2601 Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ōu Main Line
Distance	285.4 km from Fukushima
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1699
History
Opened	1 October 1903
Rebuilt	2003
Traffic

Passengers (FY2015)	325 daily
Location
Wada Station Location within Japan

Wada Station (和田駅, Wada-eki) is a railway station on the Ōu Main Line in Akita, Akita, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Wada Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 285.4 km from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.

Station layout

Wada Station has two opposed side platforms, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The route of the Akita Shinkansen runs through this station.

Platforms

1	■ Ōu Main Line	for Ōmagari and Yokote
2	■ Ōu Main Line	for Akita

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Ōu Main Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Ōbarino	Local	Yotsugoya

History

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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 325 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

National Route 13
Former Kawabe Town Hall
Wada Post Office
Akita International University

References

1 2 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 535. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

External links

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JR East station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Ōu Main Line

Fukushima to Shinjō (Yamagata Line)	Fukushima Sasakino Niwasaka Akaiwa Itaya Tōge Ōsawa Sekine Yonezawa Oitama Takahata Akayu Nakagawa Uzen-Nakayama Kaminoyama-Onsen Mokichi Kinenkan-mae Zaō Yamagata Kita-Yamagata Uzen-Chitose Minami-Dewa Urushiyama Takatama Tendō-Minami Tendō Midaregawa Jimmachi Sakurambo-Higashine Higashine Murayama Sodesaki Ōishida Kita-Ōishida Ashisawa Funagata Shinjō

Shinjō to Ōmagari	Shinjō Izumita Uzen-Toyosato Mamurogawa Kamabuchi Ōtaki Nozoki Innai Yokobori Mitsuseki Kami-Yuzawa Yuzawa Shimo-Yuzawa Jūmonji Daigo Yanagita Yokote Gosannen Iizume Ōmagari

Ōmagari to Aomori (formerly Ōu North Line)	Ōmagari Jingūji Kawarino Mineyoshikawa Ugo-Sakai Ōbarino Wada Yotsugoya Akita Tsushizaki Kami-Iijima Oiwake Ōkubo Ugo-Iizuka Ikawa-Sakura Hachirōgata Koikawa Kado Moritake Kita-Kanaoka Higashi-Noshiro Tsurugata Tomine Futatsui Maeyama Takanosu Nukazawa Hayaguchi Shimokawazoi Ōdate Shirasawa Jimba Tsugaru-Yunosawa Ikarigaseki Nagamine Ōwani-Onsen Ishikawa Hirosaki Naijōshi Kawabe Kita-Tokiwa Namioka Daishaka Tsurugasaka Tsugaru-Shinjō Shin-Aomori Aomori

Coordinates: 39°39′3.2″N 140°13′4.1″E / 39.650889°N 140.217806°E / 39.650889; 140.217806

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