Oirase Station

Oirase Station 追良瀬駅
Oirase Station in September 2009
Location	Oirase Shiomizaki 32, Fukaura-machi, Nishitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-2413 Japan
Coordinates	40°41′9.73″N 139°58′13.66″E / 40.6860361°N 139.9704611°E / 40.6860361; 139.9704611Coordinates: 40°41′9.73″N 139°58′13.66″E / 40.6860361°N 139.9704611°E / 40.6860361; 139.9704611
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Gonō Line
Distance	72.9 km from Higashi-Noshiro
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website (in Japanese)
History
Opened	December 13, 1934
Location
Oirase Station Location within Japan

Oirase Station (追良瀬駅, Oirase-eki) is a railway station located in the town of Fukaura, Aomori Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Oirase Station is a station on the Gonō Line, and is located 72.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro.

Station layout

Oirase Station has one ground-level island platform, of which one side is in use, serving a single bi-directional track.The station is unattended, and is managed from Goshogawara Station. There is a small weather shelter on the platform but no station building.

Adjacent stations

History

Oirase Station was opened on December 13, 1934 as a station on the Japan National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.

Surrounding area

• National Route 101

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

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.

External links

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• Official website (in Japanese)