Ajigasawa Station

Ajigasawa Station
鰺ヶ沢駅
Ajigasawa Station in August 2007
Location Maito-machi Shimotomita 36, Ajigasawa-machi, Nishitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-2761
Japan
Coordinates 40°46′31″N 140°13′15″E / 40.77528°N 140.22083°E / 40.77528; 140.22083Coordinates: 40°46′31″N 140°13′15″E / 40.77528°N 140.22083°E / 40.77528; 140.22083
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■ Gonō Line
Distance 103.8 kilometers from Higashi-Noshiro
Platforms 2 side platforms
Other information
Status Staffed ( Midori no Madoguchi)
Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=53
History
Opened 1925
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016) 317
Location
Ajigasawa Station
Location within Japan
Station platform, 2012.

Ajigasawa Station (鰺ヶ沢駅, Ajigasawa-eki) is a railway station located in the town of Ajigasawa, Aomori Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Ajigasawa Station is served by the Gonō Line. It is 103.8 kilometers from the terminus of the Line at Higashi-Noshiro.

Station layout

Ajigasawa Station has dual opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 ■ Gonō Line For Goshogawara, Hirosaki and Aomori
2 ■ Gonō Line Fukaura and Higashi-Noshiro

Adjacent stations

←Service→
Gonō Line
Mutsu-Akaishi Local Narusawa

Bus services

History

Ajigasawa Station was opened on May 15, 1925, as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (successor of JGR) on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. A new station building was completed in 1991. From April 1, 2003, it has been a kan'i itaku station, administered by Goshogawara Station, and operated by Ajigasawa municipal authority, with point-of-sales terminal installed.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 317 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  • Endo, Isao (2006). 五能線物語 「奇跡のローカル線」を生んだ最強の現場力 (Gono-sen Monogatari) (in Japanese). PHP研究所. ISBN 4569830099.
  • 五能線ガイドブック (Gono-sen Guidebook) (in Japanese). 無明舎出版. 2002. ISBN 4895443078.
  1. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.


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