Timetable information
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Location
History
Higashi-Noshiro Station opened on 1 November 1901 as Noshiro Station on the Japanese Government Railways, in what was then Ōgibuchi Village in Akita's Yamamoto District. It was renamed Hataori Station on 1 November 1909 — when the in-town station took the Noshiro name — and again to Higashi-Noshiro on 15 June 1943. The station became the southern terminus of the 147.2-kilometre Gonō Line and a junction on the Ōu Main Line, 355.4 kilometres from Fukushima. Japan Freight Railway retains second-class trackage rights here, though no scheduled freight has run since 2013. JR East took over passenger operation at the 1 April 1987 privatisation; in March 2022 the station's management was reorganised as the Higashi-Noshiro Comprehensive Centre.
Notes
The platform footbridge stairs were wrapped in a Tenkū no Fuyajō motif on 26 March 2020, and the waiting room contains the preserved cab of a KiHa 58-23 diesel car formerly assigned to the Akita rolling-stock depot.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-06-09