Same Station

Same Station (鮫駅, Same-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).^[1][2]

Same Station 鮫駅
Same Station in August 2011
General information
Location	Samemachi, Hachinohe-shi, Aomori-ken031-0841 Japan
Coordinates	40°31′49.04″N 141°33′18.57″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Hachinohe Line
Distance	11.8 km from Hachinohe
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	10 November 1924 (1924-11-10)
Passengers
FY2020	220
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Shirogane towards Hachinohe Hachinohe Line Mutsu-Shirahama towards Kuji
Location Same Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Show map of Aomori Prefecture Same Station Same Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Same Station is served by the Hachinohe Line, and is 11.8 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at Hachinohe Station.^[2]

Station layout

The station has one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station building has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office in addition to automatic ticket machines.^[2][1]

Platforms

1, 2	■ Hachinohe Line	for Hon-Hachinohe and Hachinohe
3	■ Hachinohe Line	for Hashikami, Taneichi, and Kuji

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  Platforms from the footbridge
• 
  Monument to the station's 50th anniversary (JGR Class 8620 wheels)

History

Same Station opened on November 10, 1924, as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (the post-war successor to the JGR) on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.^[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 220 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

Surrounding area

• Hachinohe-Same Post office

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

1. "鮫駅" [Same Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
2. Kawashima, Ryōzō (2015). 図説: 日本の鉄道 東北ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第8巻 岩手 青森 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated.Tohoku Area. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 8 Iwate Aomori area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 4062951754.
3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2020年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2020)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2022.

External links

Media related to Same Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East station information page (in Japanese)