Hanamaki-Kūkō Station
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Hanamaki-Kūkō Station 花巻空港駅 | |
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 Hanamaki-Kūkō Station, April 2009 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Nimaibachi dai-5 jiwari 118, Hanamaki, Iwate （岩手県花巻市二枚橋第5地割118） Japan |
| Operated by | JR East |
| Line(s) | Tōhoku Main Line |
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| History | |
| Opened | 1932 |
| Previous names | Nimaibashi (until 1988) |
| Passengers | |
| FY2012 | 712 daily |
Hanamaki-Kūkō Station (花巻空港駅, Hanamaki Kūkō-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Hanamaki-Kūkō Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 505.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.
Station layout
Hanamaki-Kūkō Station has an island platform and a single side platform, connected to the station building by an overhead passage. 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 (passing loop) |
| 3 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line | for Morioka |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Tōhoku Main Line | ||||
| Hanamaki | - | Ishidoriya | ||
History
Hanamaki-Kūkō Station began as the Nimaibashi Signal on 17 July 1922 and was elevated to Nimaibashi Station (二枚橋駅, Nimaibashi-eki) on 20 November 1932. The station was renamed to its present name on 13 March 1988. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.