Hon-Hachinohe Station
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. History. The station opened on January 4, 1898, as 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 . The JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. In 1971, 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). Hon-Hachinohe Station