Jingūji Station

Jingūji Station 神宮寺駅
Jingūji Station in June 2019
General information
Location	Hongōno-21 Jingūji, Daisen-shi, Akita-ken 019-1701 Japan
Coordinates	39°29′41.8″N 140°25′34.7″E / 39.494944°N 140.426306°E / 39.494944; 140.426306
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ōu Main Line
Distance	253.0 kilometers from Fukushima
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	August 21, 1904
Passengers
FY2018	202 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Ōmagari towards Shinjō Ōu Main Line Local Kariwano towards Aomori
Location Jingūji Station Location within Akita Prefecture Show map of Akita Prefecture Jingūji Station Jingūji Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Jingūji Station (神宮寺駅, Jingūji-eki) is a JR East railway station located in the city of Daisen, Akita Prefecture, Japan.

Jingūji Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 253.0 km from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.

Jingūji Station consists of a single ground-level island platform, with the tracks a Platform 1 dual gauge for use by through traffic of the Akita Shinkansen. The platform is connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Jingūji Station was opened on August 21, 1904 on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), serving the town of Kamioka, Akita. The JGR became the Japan 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. A new station building was completed in July 2008.

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 202 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

• former Kamioka Town Hall
• Jingūji post office
• National Route 13

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jingūji Station.

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)