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Kami-Iijima Station

Railway station in Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan

■ Ōu Main Line
■ Oga Line

Distance308.3 kilometers from FukushimaPlatforms2 side platformsOther informationStatusUnstaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpenedFebruary 10, 1964.Services

Preceding station		Following station
Tsuchizaki towards Akita	Ōu Main Line Rapid	Oiwake towards Aomori
Tsuchizaki towards Shinjō	Ōu Main Line Local	Oiwake towards Aomori
Tsuchizaki towards Akita	Oga Line	Oiwake towards Oga

Location
Kami-Iijima Station Location within Akita Prefecture Show map of Akita Prefecture Kami-Iijima Station Kami-Iijima Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Kami-Iijima Station (上飯島駅, Kami-Iijima-eki) is a railway station in the city of Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kami-Iijima Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 308.3 km from the starting point of the line at Fukushima Station. The Oga Line train services also stop at this station, which is past the nominal terminus of the line at Oiwake.

Station layout

The station has two unnumbered opposed side platforms serving two tracks connected by an underground passage. The station is unattended.

Platforms

west	■ Oga Line	for Higashi-Noshiro and Hirosaki
west	■ Ōu Main Line	for Oga
east	■ Ōu Main Line	for Akita and Ōmagari

History

Kami-Iijima Station began as Kami-Iijima Signal Stop on September 2, 1944. It was closed from July 11, 1949 and reopened on April 10, 1954. It was made a passenger station on February 10, 1964.^[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.