Furudate Station

Furudate Station

古館駅
Furudate Station; 古館駅
	Furudate Station, May 2009
General information
Location	Nakajima, Shiwa, Shiwa, Iwate; （岩手県紫波郡紫波町中島字落合60）; Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Tōhoku Main Line
History
Opened	1949
Passengers
FY 2012	893 daily

Furudate Station (古館駅, Furudate-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in Shiwa, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Furudate Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 521.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Furudate Station has two opposed side platforms. The station building is located underneath the elevated rails of the Tōhoku Shinkansen, although the Tōhoku Shinkansen does not stop at this station. The station is staffed and has a Green Window ticket counter.

Platforms

1	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Kitakami and Ichinoseki
2	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Morioka

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōhoku Main Line
Shiwachūō		-	Yahaba

History

Furudate Station was opened on 1 March 1949. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.