Konoura Station

Location
	Konoura Station Location within Akita Prefecture Konoura Station Konoura Station (Japan)

Konoura Station

金浦駅
Konoura Station; 金浦駅
	Konoura Station in May 2018
General information
Location	94 Jūnibayashi Konoura, Nikaho-shi, Akita-ken 018-0311; Japan
Coordinates	39°15′21.3″N 139°55′12.9″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Uetsu Main Line
Distance	209.2 kilometers from Niitsu
Platforms	1 side + an island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	June 30, 1922
Passengers
FY2018	190 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Konoura Station Location within Akita Prefecture Konoura Station Konoura Station (Japan)

Konoura Station (金浦駅, Konoura eki) is a railway station in the city of Nikaho, Akita, Japan, operated by JR East.

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Konoura Station is served by the Uetsu Main Line, and is located 209.2 km from the terminus of the line at Niitsu Station.

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed. The station building also includes the Nikaho City Library.

Platforms

1	■ Uetsu Main Line	for Ugo-Honjō and Akita
2	■ Uetsu Main Line	for Kisakata and Sakata
3	■ Uetsu Main Line	passing track

Konoura Station opened on June 30, 1922 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Rikuusai Line. It was switched to the control of the JGR Uetsu Main Line on April 20, 1924. The JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railway) after World War II. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company.

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 190 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]