Kita-Tokiwa Station
Kita-Tokiwa Station 北常盤駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 Kita-Tokiwa Station in April 2008 | |||||||||||||||
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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 | .svg){kind=logo} 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 | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 December 1924 | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| FY2018 | 421 daily | ||||||||||||||
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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).
Lines
[edit]Kita-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
[edit]The 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
[edit]| 1 | ■ 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
[edit]Kita-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
[edit]In 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
[edit]References
[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
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- Official website (in Japanese)