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 | |||||||||||||||
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 Itayanagi Station in September 2019 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Fukunoda Minoruta 48, Itayanagi-cho, Minamitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-3661 Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°41′50.89″N 140°27′41.68″E / 40.6974694°N 140.4615778°E | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Gonō Line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 138.9 kilometers from Higashi-Noshiro | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | September 25, 1918 | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| FY2016 | 351 | ||||||||||||||
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Lines
editItayanagi Station is served by the Gonō Line. It is 138.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro.
Station layout
editItayanagi 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
edit| 1 | ■ Gonō Line | For Goshogawara, Ajigasawa and Fukaura |
| 2 | ■ Gonō Line | For Kawabe, Hirosaki and Aomori |
History
editItayanagi 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
editIn fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 351 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
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National Route 339- Itayanagi town hall
- Itayanagi Post Office
- Itayanagi onsen
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
External links
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- Official website (in Japanese)
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