Itayanagi Station

Itayanagi Station (板柳駅, Itayanagi-eki) is a railway station located in the town of Itayanagi, Aomori Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Itayanagi Station

板柳駅
Itayanagi Station in September 2019
LocationFukunoda Minoruta 48, Itayanagi-cho, Minamitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-3661
Japan
Coordinates40°41′50.89″N 140°27′41.68″E
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Gonō Line
Distance138.9 kilometers from Higashi-Noshiro
Platforms1 island platform
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Websitewww.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=134
History
OpenedSeptember 25, 1918
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)351
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Tsurudomari
toward Higashi-Noshiro
 Gono Line
Rapid
 Hayashizaki
One-way operation
Gono Line
Local
 Hayashizaki
toward Hirosaki
Location
Itayanagi Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Itayanagi Station is served by the Gonō Line. It is 138.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro.

Station layout

Itayanagi Station has a single ground-level island platform, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms
1 ■ Gonō Line For Goshogawara, Ajigasawa and Fukaura
2 ■ Gonō Line For Kawabe, Hirosaki and Aomori

History

Itayanagi Station was opened on September 25, 1918 as a station on the Mutsu Railway. It became a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) when the Mutsu Railway was nationalized on June 1, 1927. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (successor to JGR) on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 351 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surroundin area

See also
  • List of Railway Stations in Japan

References
  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  • 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.


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