Kita-Tokiwa Station (北常盤駅, Kita-Tokiwa-eki) is a railway station in the town of Fujisaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Kita-Tokiwa Station 北常盤駅 | |||||||||||||||
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Location | Tokiwa, Fujisaki-machi, Minamitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-1214 Japan | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°40′14.29″N 140°32′37.33″E / 40.6706361°N 140.5437028°E | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Ōu Main Line | ||||||||||||||
Distance | 456.6 km from Fukushima | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | ||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 20 December 1924 | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
FY2018 | 421 daily | ||||||||||||||
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Lines
editKita-Tokiwa Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 455.6 km from the southern terminus of the line at Fukushima.
Station layout
editThe station has one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
edit1 | ■ Ōu Main Line | for Hirosaki and Akita |
2 | ■ Ōu Main Line | for Namioka and Aomori |
3 | ■ Ōu Main Line | (not normally used) |
Track 3 is used primarily for freight trains changing direction.
History
editKita-Tokiwa Station opened on 20 December 1924 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the pre-war predecessor to the Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 421 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Station vicinity
edit- Aomori Shinkin Bank Tokiwa branch
- Mutsu Tokiwa Post Office (delivery and collection office)
- Tokiwa Taxi
- Hirosaki Police District Fujisaki Koban
- Fujisaki Municipal Meitoku Junior High School
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
External links
edit- Official website (in Japanese)