Jūmonji Station

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Jūmonji Station (十文字駅, Jūmonji-eki) is a JR East railway station on the Ōu Main Line in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, Japan. It is 217.8 kilometers from Fukushima Station, the line’s terminus. The station has one side platform and one island platform, connected by a footbridge, and is staffed.

Opened on September 14, 1905 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), it later became part of Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. Freight services were discontinued in 1984, and the station joined JR East on April 1, 1987 after JNR privatization.

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 416 boarding passengers daily.

Services: The station lies on the Ōu Main Line and is served by both local and rapid trains. Rapid trains run toward Aomori and toward Shinjō, while local trains run toward Aomori via Shimo-Yuzawa.