Mukaiyama Station

Mukaiyama Station (向山駅, Mukaiyama-eki) is a railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line in the town of Oirase, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company.

Mukaiyama Station 向山駅
Mukaiyama Station in April 2008
Location	3 Mukaiyama, Oirase-machi, Kamikita-gun, Aomori-ken 039-2151 Japan
Coordinates	40°37′48.92″N 141°22′12.61″E
Operated by	Aoimori Railway
Line(s)	■ Aoimori Railway Line
Distance	79.7 km from Aomori
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	July 10, 1936
Location
Mukaiyama Station Location within Japan

Lines

Mukaiyama Station is served by the Aoimori Railway Line, and is 79.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Aomori Station. It is 659.5 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Mukaiyama Station has a single ground-level island platform serving two tracks connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Aoimori Railway Line	for Misawa, Noheji and Aomori
2	■ Aoimori Railway Line	for Hachinohe and Sannohe

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Aoimori Railway Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Shimoda		Local		Misawa

History

The station opened on July 10, 1936.[1] With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1] With the opening of the Tohoku Shinkansen extension to Shin-Aomori, the section of the Tohoku Main Line including this station was transferred to the Aoimori Railway on December 4, 2010.

Surrounding area

• Kawano Green Farm

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

1. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. pp. 417–418. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

External links

• Aoimori Railway station information (in Japanese)