Kitakanegasawa Station

Kitakanegasawa Station 北金ヶ沢駅
Kitakanegasawa Station in July 2021
General information
Location	Kitakanegasawa, Fukaura-machi, Nishitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-2504 Japan
Coordinates	40°44′46″N 140°05′42″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Gonō Line
Distance	90.6 km from Higashi-Noshiro
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website (in Japanese)
History
Opened	October 20, 1931
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Senjōjiki towards Higashi-Noshiro Gonō Line Rapid Ajigasawa One-way operation Gonō Line Local Mutsu-Yanagita towards Hirosaki
Location Kitakanegasawa Station Location within Japan

Kitakanegasawa Station (北金ヶ沢駅, Kitakanegasawa-eki) is a railway station in the town of Fukaura, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated on the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kitakanegasawa Station is a station on the Gonō Line, and is located 90.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro.

Platforms

1	■ Gonō Line	For Ajigasawa, Goshogawara and Hirosaki
2	■ Gonō Line	For Fukaura and Higashi-Noshiro

Station layout

Station platform sign on a sunny day.

Kitakanegasawa Station has two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is unattended and is managed from Goshogawara Station. The station is a kan'i itaku station, administered by Goshogawara Station, and operated by Fukaura municipal authority, with point-of-sales terminal installed. Ordinary tickets, express tickets, and reserved-seat tickets for all JR lines are on sale.

History

Formerly station building (photographed in Sep. 2019)

Kitakanegasawa Station was opened on October 20, 1931 as a station on the Japan National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.

Surrounding area

• National Route 101
• Fukaura Town office Ōdose branch office
• Kitakanegasawa Post office

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)

References

• Endo, Isao (2006). 五能線物語 「奇跡のローカル線」を生んだ最強の現場力 (Gono-sen Monogatari) (in Japanese). PHP研究所. ISBN 4569830099.
• 五能線ガイドブック (Gono-sen Guidebook) (in Japanese). 無明舎出版. 2002. ISBN 4895443078.