Ōbarino Station

Railway station in Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Ugo-Sakai towards Shinjō		Ōu Main Line Local		Wada towards Aomori

Location
Ōbarino Station Location within Akita Prefecture Show map of Akita Prefecture Ōbarino Station Ōbarino Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Ōbarino Station (大張野駅, Ōbarino-eki) is a railway station in the city of Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Ōbarino Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 280.0 km from the starting point of the line at Fukushima Station.

Station layout

The station has one side platform serving one bi-directional track, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The tracks of the Akita Shinkansen run in-between the station building and the platform.

History

Ōbarino Station opened as the Funaoka Signal Stop on November 10, 1921, It was renamed the Ōbarino Signal Stop on February 25, 1929. It was closed from February 1933 to October 10, 1940. On February 1, 1950 it became a passenger railway station.^[1] It has been unattended since December 1, 1979.^{[citation needed]} The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in April 2006.^{[citation needed]}