History
Hitachinai Station opened on 15 October 1963 as the terminus of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) Aniai Line, serving the town of Ani in Akita Prefecture. Freight handling was withdrawn in September 1980 and parcels in February 1984. The line was privatised on 1 November 1986 as the third-sector Akita Nairiku Jūkan Railway, and on 1 April 1989 the line was extended through to Matsuba, ending the station's tenure as a terminus and renaming the route the Akita Nairiku Line. A coworking and community space called "Ani Hitachinai Gakko Station" opened inside the station building on 29 January 2022 and was expanded with a pickle-processing facility in November 2023.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The former JNR Aniai Line terminated here for a quarter-century, and the station's waiting room now doubles as a coworking and community space called Ani Hitachinai Gakko Station.