Kitatakaiwa Station
Kitatakaiwa Station (北高岩駅, Kitatakaiwa-eki) is a railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line in the city of Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company.
Location
Kitatakaiwa Station is served by the Aoimori Railway Line, and is 21.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Metoki Station. It is 638.3 kilometers from Tokyo Station.
Surrounding area
History
Kitatakaiwa Station was opened on 10 August 1923 as a station of the Tōhoku Main Line on the Japan National Railways (JNR). Freight operations were discontinued from April 1962. The station has been unattended since May 1980. With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, it came under the operational control of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It came under the control of the Aoimori Railway Company on 1 December 2002.[1]
Station layout
Kitatakaiwa Station has a one ground-level island platform and one ground-level side platform serving three tracks connected to the station building by a footbridge. However, only tracks 1 and 3 are in use, and track 2 is used as a siding. The station building is not staffed.[2]
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Aoimori Railway Line | for Hachinohe and Aomori |
| 2 | ■ Aoimori Railway Line | (siding) |
| 3 | ■ Aoimori Railway Line | for Sannohe and Morioka |
See also
References
- ^ "青い森鉄道線について" [About the Aoimori Railway Line] (in Japanese). Aoimori Railway Company. 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "北高岩駅" [Kitatakaiwa Station] (in Japanese). Aoimori Railway Company. 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)