Towada-Minami Station

Towada-Minami

十和田南
Towada-Minami; 十和田南
	Towada-Minami Station
General information
Location	Towada-Nishikigi aza Hamada 100, Kazuno, Akita; （秋田県鹿角市十和田錦木字浜田100）; Japan
Operated by	East Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Hanawa Line
History
Opened	1920
Previous names	Kemanai (until 1957)
Passengers
2012	197 daily

Towada-Minami Station (十和田南駅, Towada-Minami-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Kazuno, Akita Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Towada-Minami Station is served by the Hanawa Line, and is located 77.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kōma Station.

Station layout

Towada-Minami Station is reversal station with a single island platform serving traffic on a switchback. The station is administered by Kazuno-Hanawa Station. Ordinary tickets, express tickets, and reserved-seat tickets for all JR lines are on sale during business hours: 7:00 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Platforms

1	■ Hanawa Line	for Yuze-Onsen and Morioka
2	■ Hanawa Line	for Ōtaki-Onsen and Ōdate

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Hanawa Line
Kazuno-Hanawa	Rapid	Ōtaki-Onsen
Shibahira	Local	Suehiro

History

Towada-Minami Station was opened for on July 4, 1920 as Kemanai Station (毛馬内駅) on the privately owned Akita Railways, serving the village of Nishikigi, Akita. The line was nationalized on June 1, 1934, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) system. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was renamed to its present name on June 1, 1957. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.