Noheji Station
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Noheji
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Noheji Station
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| Location | Kamikonakano 49-2, Noheji, Kamikita, Aomori （青森県上北郡野辺地町字上小中野49-2） Japan |
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| Opened | 1891 |
Noheji Station (野辺地駅 Noheji-eki?) is a joint railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line of Aoimori Railway Company and Ōminato Line of JR East located in the town of Noheji, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is the southern terminus of the Ōminato Line, and is located 44.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Aoimori Railway Line at Aomori Station.
Noheiji Station was opened on September 1, 1891 as a station of the Nippon Railway. It was nationalized on July 1, 1906 and became a station of the Japanese Government Railways's Tōhoku Main Line. On March 20, 1921, it became the southern terminus of the Ōminato Line. After the end of World War II, the JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR).
On March 15, 1954 a F-84 Thunderjet from nearby Misawa Air Base crashed on top of Noheji Station, destroying the station building and killing twelve people. The explosion left a crater thee meters wide and two meters deep, and set fire to one of the carriages of the Tōhoku Main Line. Platforms 1 through 3 were also destroyed. The pilot ejected, but his parachute failed to open and he was also killed.
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