Akita

Weekday departures: 18/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 21/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 6:09 / 20:14

Busiest hour in the available data: 6:00–7:00 (2)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 17 April 2026.

The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.

Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:

• Uetsu Line: no timetable data
• Ou Line: no timetable data

• Ou Line: Omagari

Akita Station opened on 21 October 1902 as the terminus of the Ōu Hokusen government railway, then was extended a year later to Wada and on 22 February 1920 connected with the Uetsuhokusen. The second-generation station building of 1905 served 56 years before a third-generation Minshu-eki rebuild on 1 September 1961, just before the National Sports Festival. A ¥3 billion reconstruction produced the present elevated, wave-roofed fourth-generation building, which opened on 16 March 1997 ahead of the Akita Shinkansen's debut six days later. The east-west free passage Poporo-Road was added on 29 July 2000, and Suica acceptance began on 27 May 2023.

JR East's 2017 reworking of Akita Station — incorporating Akita-sugi cedar facades and timber waiting lounges — won the Wood Design Award 2017's grand prize that November.