Tsugaru-Futamata Station

Tsugaru-Futamata Station (津軽二股駅, Tsugaru-Futamata-eki) is a railway station on the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Tsugaru Line located in the town of Imabetsu, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Tsugaru-Futamata Station

津軽二股駅
Tsugaru-Futamata Station in August 2008
Location87-2 Ōkawadai Kiyokawa, Imabetsu-machi, Higashitsugaru-gun, [Aomori-ken 030-1505
Japan
Coordinates41°08′45.25″N 140°30′51.24″E
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Tsugaru Line
Distance46.6 km from Aomori
Platforms1 side platform
Connections JR Hokkaido: Okutsugaru-Imabetsu
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedOctober 21, 1958
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Ōkawadai
toward Minmaya
 Tsugaru Line Ōdai
toward Aomori
Location
Tsugaru-Futamata Station
Location within Aomori Prefecture
Tsugaru-Futamata Station
Tsugaru-Futamata Station (Japan)

Lines

Tsugaru-Futamata Station is served by the Tsugaru Line, and is located 46.6 km from the starting point of the line at Aomori.

Station layout

Tsugaru-Futamata Station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended. The station building also doubles as Michi-no-eki Imabetsu serving vehicular traffic.

History

Tsugaru-Futamata Station was opened on October 21, 1958 as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were discontinued from October 20, 1968. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.

Surrounding area
Tsugaru-Futamata and Tsugaru-Imabetsu

The station is connected to the Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station of the Hokkaido Shinkansen (which runs immediately adjacent and parallel to Tsugaru-Futamata) by a stairway. Prior to the opening of Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station, there was Tsugaru-Imabetsu Station on the Kaikyō Line at the same location.

See also
  • List of Railway Stations in Japan

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