title: Hon-Hachinohe Station
text: # Hon-Hachinohe Station
  
  Hon-Hachinohe Station (本八戸駅, Hon-Hachinohe-eki) is a railway station in the city of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Hon-Hachinohe Station is served by the Hachinohe Line, and lies 5.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Hachinohe Station.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station has single elevated island platform serving two tracks with the station building located underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office as well as automatic ticket machines.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Hachinohe Line | for Hachinohe |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Hachinohe Line | for Same and Kuji |
  
  ## History
  
  The station opened on January 4, 1898, as Hachinohe Station (八ノ戸駅) on the Nippon Railway. The Nippon Railway was nationalized on November 1, 1906, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), and a year later, on November 1, 1907, the station was renamed Hachinohe Station (八戸駅). The JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. In 1971, Shiriuchi Station (尻内駅, Shiriuchi-eki) on the Tohoku Main Line was renamed "Hachinohe Station", and the original Hachinohe Station was renamed "Hon-Hachinohe". The station building was elevated and completely rebuilt in 1977. With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.
  
  The station was again rebuilt from December 2014, with work completed on 31 July 2015.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1157 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Hachinohe City Hall
  * Miyagi Park
     * Hachinohe Castle
  