is a passenger

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located in the town of Hashikami, Sannohe District,

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, Japan. It is operated by the

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(JR East).

Lines

Ōja Station is served by the

Hachinohe Line The is a railway line in the Tohoku Region of Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It links Hachinohe Station in Hachinohe, Aomori with Kuji Station (Iwate), Kuji Station in Kuji, Iwate. The line stretches 64.9 km along ...

, and is 25.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at

Hachinohe Station is a railway station operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan. Lines Hachinohe Station is served by the high-speed Tōhoku Shinkansen line between and , and forms the starting point of the Hachinohe L ...

Station layout

The station has a single ground-level

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serving one bi-directional track. There is a small rain shelter built on the platform, but there is no station building. The station is unattended.

History

The station opened on December 10, 1956. With the privatization of

Japanese National Railways The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

(JNR) on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.

Surrounding area

* Ōja fishing port

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