Kitatakaiwa Station

Kitatakaiwa Station
北高岩駅
Kitatakaiwa Station in November 2007
Location Ueno-Takaiwa, Hachinohe-shi, Aomori-ken 039-1108
Japan
Coordinates 40°28′31″N 141°24′21″E / 40.475381°N 141.405819°E / 40.475381; 141.405819
Operated by Aoimori Railway
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

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.

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→
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

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