Kitatakaiwa Station
Kitatakaiwa Station (北高岩駅, Kitatakaiwa-eki) is a railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line in the city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company.
Kitatakaiwa Station 北高岩駅 | |
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Kitatakaiwa Station in November 2007 | |
Location | Ueno-Takaiwa, Hachinohe-shi, Aomori-ken 039-1108 Japan |
Coordinates | 40°28′31″N 141°24′21″E |
Operated by | |
Line(s) | ■ Aoimori Railway Line |
Distance | 21.0 km from Metoki |
Platforms | 1 island + 1 side platform |
Tracks | 3 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At grade |
Other information | |
Status | Staffed |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | August 10, 1923 |
Location | |
Kitatakaiwa Station Location within Japan |
Lines
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.
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 is staffed.
Platforms
1 | ■ Aoimori Railway Line | for Hachinohe and Aomori |
2 | ■ Aoimori Railway Line | (siding) |
3 | ■ Aoimori Railway Line | for Sannohe and Morioka |
Adjacent stations
← | Service | → | ||
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Aoimori Railway Line | ||||
Rapid: Does not stop at this station | ||||
Tomabechi | - | Hachinohe |
History
Kitatakaiwa Station was opened on August 10, 1923 as a station of the Tohoku 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 April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. It came under the control of the Aoimori Railway Line on December 1, 2002.
Surrounding area
See also
- List of Railway Stations in Japan
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kita-Takaiwa Station. |
- Official website (in Japanese)