Takanosu Station

Takanosu Station 鷹ノ巣駅 (鷹巣駅)
Takanosu Station in October 2011
Location	Matsubachō, Kitaakita-shi, Akita-ken 018-3321 Japan
Operated by	East Japan Railway Company Akita Nairiku Jūkan Railway
Line(s)	Ōu Main Line Akita Nairiku Jūkan Railway Akita Nairiku Line
History
Opened	7 August 1900
Traffic

Passengers (2010)	624 daily

Takanosu Station (鷹巣駅 or 鷹ノ巣駅, Takanosu-eki) is a railway station in Kitaakita, Akita, Japan.

Lines

Takanosu Station is served by the JR East Ōu Main Line, and is located 379.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station. It is also a terminal station for the Akita Nairiku Jūkan Railway Akita Nairiku Line

Station layout

Takanosu Station consists of one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks for use by the JR East portion of the station. However, Platform 3 is not in normal use. The adjacent Akita Nairiku Railway portion of the station uses a single bay platform

JR East platforms

1	■ Ōu Main Line	for Higashi-Noshiro and Akita
2	■ Ōu Main Line	for Ōdate and Hirosaki
3	■ Ōu Main Line	not in normal use

Akita Nairiku platform

■ Akita Nairiku Line

for Kakunodate

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Ōu Main Line
Futatsui	Rapid		Ōdate
Maeyama	Local	Nukazawa
Akita Nairiku Line
Terminus	Rapid	Aikawa
Terminus	Local	Nishi-Takanosu

History

Takanosu Station opened on August 7, 1900 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) serving the town of Takanosu, Akita. The JGR Aniai Line began operations from December 10, 1934. The JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

Kitaakita City Hall
Kitaakita Culture Center
Kitaakita City Library

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Takanosu Station.

JR East Station information (Japanese)
Akita Nairiku Railway Station Information (Japanese)

Stations of the Ōu Main Line

Fukushima to Shinjō (Yamagata Line)	Fukushima Sasakino Niwasaka Akaiwa Itaya Tōge Ōsawa Sekine Yonezawa Oitama Takahata Akayu Nakagawa Uzen-Nakayama Kaminoyama-Onsen Mokichi Kinenkan-mae Zaō Yamagata Kita-Yamagata Uzen-Chitose Minami-Dewa Urushiyama Takatama Tendō-Minami Tendō Midaregawa Jimmachi Sakurambo-Higashine Higashine Murayama Sodesaki Ōishida Kita-Ōishida Ashisawa Funagata Shinjō

Shinjō to Ōmagari	Shinjō Izumita Uzen-Toyosato Mamurogawa Kamabuchi Ōtaki Nozoki Innai Yokobori Mitsuseki Kami-Yuzawa Yuzawa Shimo-Yuzawa Jūmonji Daigo Yanagita Yokote Gosannen Iizume Ōmagari

Ōmagari to Aomori (formerly Ōu North Line)	Ōmagari Jingūji Kawarino Mineyoshikawa Ugo-Sakai Ōbarino Wada Yotsugoya Akita Tsushizaki Kami-Iijima Oiwake Ōkubo Ugo-Iizuka Ikawa-Sakura Hachirōgata Koikawa Kado Moritake Kita-Kanaoka Higashi-Noshiro Tsurugata Tomine Futatsui Maeyama Takanosu Nukazawa Hayaguchi Shimokawazoi Ōdate Shirasawa Jimba Tsugaru-Yunosawa Ikarigaseki Nagamine Ōwani-Onsen Ishikawa Hirosaki Naijōshi Kawabe Kita-Tokiwa Namioka Daishaka Tsurugasaka Tsugaru-Shinjō Shin-Aomori Aomori

Stations of the Akita Nairiku Jūkan Railway Akita Nairiku Line

Takanosu Nishi-Takanosu Ogata Ōnodai Aikawa Kamisugi Yonaizawa Katsurase Ani-Maeda Maeda-Minami Kobuchi Aniai Arase Kayakusa Okashinai Iwanome Hitachinai Okuani Ani-Matagi Tozawa Kami-Hinokinai Sadōri Ugo-Nakazato Matsuba Ugo-Nagatoro Yatsu Saimyoji Ugo-Ōta Kakunodate

Coordinates: 40°13′55.39″N 140°22′11.49″E / 40.2320528°N 140.3698583°E / 40.2320528; 140.3698583

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