Yokoiso Station

Yokoiso Station 横磯駅
Yokoiso Station in August 2005
Location	Yokoiso Shimo-Okazaki 99, Fukaura-machi, Nishitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-2325 Japan
Coordinates	40°37′47.51″N 139°53′27.59″E / 40.6298639°N 139.8909972°E / 40.6298639; 139.8909972Coordinates: 40°37′47.51″N 139°53′27.59″E / 40.6298639°N 139.8909972°E / 40.6298639; 139.8909972
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Gonō Line
Distance	61.4 km from Higashi-Noshiro
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website (in Japanese)
History
Opened	December 25, 1954
Location
Yokoiso Station Location within Japan

Yokoiso Station (横磯駅, Yokoiso-eki) is a railway station located in the town of Fukaura, Aomori Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Yokoiso Station is a station on the Gonō Line, and is located 39.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro.

Station layout

Yokoiso Station has one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track.The station is unattended, and has no station building, but only a small waiting room on the platform. The station is managed from Goshogawara Station.

Adjacent stations

History

Yokoizo Station was opened on December 25, 1954 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
• Yokoiso fishing port

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)