Ōgita Station

Ōgita Station

扇田駅
Ōgita Station; 扇田駅
	Ōgita Station
General information
Location	12 Kaminakajima, Hinaimachi-Ōgita, Ōdate, Akita; （秋田県大館市比内町扇田字上中島12）; Japan
Operated by	East Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Hanawa Line
History
Opened	1914

Ōgita Station (扇田駅, Ōgita-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Ōdate, Akita Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Ōgita Station is served by the Hanawa Line, and is located 98.6 km from the terminus of the line at Kōma Station.

Station layout

Ōgita Station was built with an island platform, but only one side of the platform is in use, thus making the station a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Hanawa Line	for Iwate for Ōdate

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Hanawa Line
Ōtaki-Onsen	Rapid	Higashi-Ōdate
Ōtaki-Onsen	Local	Higashi-Ōdate

History

Ōgita Station was opened on July 1, 1914 on the privately owned Akita Railways, serving the town of Ōgita, Akita. The line was nationalized on June 1, 1934, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) system, which became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987. The station has been unattended since April 2003