Same Station

{{short description|Railway station in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Same Station

| style = JR East

| native_name = 鮫駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| symbol_location= jp

| symbol = jre

| type =

| image = Same-stn.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Same Station in August 2011

| other_name =

| address = Samemachi, Hachinohe-shi, Aomori-ken031-0841

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{coord|40|31|49.04|N|141|33|18.57|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=inline}}

| operator = 20px JR East

| line = {{Colorbull|Red}} Hachinohe Line

| platforms = 1 side + 1 island platform

| tracks = 1

| distance = 11.8 km from {{STN|Hachinohe|x}}

| structure = At grade

| code =

| status = Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)

| website = {{Official website|1=www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=755}}

| opened = {{Start date|1924|11|10|df=y}}

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 220

| pass_year = FY2020

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=JR East|line=Hachinohe|left=Shirogane|right=Mutsu-Shirahama}}

| map_type = Japan Aomori Prefecture#Japan

|mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 17

}}

{{nihongo|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).{{cite web|url=http://hacchi-no-he.net/line/hachinohe/station/0060_same.htm|title=鮫駅|trans-title= Same Station|accessdate=31 March 2018|website=hacchi-no-he.net}}{{Cite book|last=Kawashima|first=Ryōzō|script-title=ja: 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|year=2015 |publisher=Kodansha|isbn=4062951754|trans-title=Japan Railways Illustrated.Tohoku Area. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 8 Iwate Aomori area|language=Japanese}}

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.

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.

=Platforms=

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=1, 2|first=2|name= Hachinohe Line|linecol=red|dir= for {{STN|Hon-Hachinohe|x}} and {{STN|Hachinohe|x}}}}

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=3|first=3|nidx= Hachinohe Line|linecol=red|dir= for {{STN|Hashikami|x}}, {{STN|Taneichi|x}}, and {{STN|Kuji|x|Iwate}}}}

鮫駅 04.jpg|Platforms from the footbridge

Jr-same02.jpg|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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 220 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).{{cite web |url= https://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2020_07.html|script-title=ja: 各駅の乗車人員 (2020年度)|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2020)|year= 2021|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 21 April 2022}}