Kita-Tokiwa Station 北常盤駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 Kita-Tokiwa Station in April 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| 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 |
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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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  Kita-Tokiwa Station Location within Aomori Prefecture  Kita-Tokiwa Station Kita-Tokiwa Station (Japan) | |||||||||||||||
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
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
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
| 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
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
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 421 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). [1]
Station vicinity
- 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
References
- ^ 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
- Official website (in Japanese)