Kanita Station (蟹田駅, Kanita-eki) is a railway station on the Tsugaru Line in the town of Sotogahama, Aomori, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Kanita Station 蟹田駅 | |||||||||||
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 Kanita Station in August 2020 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 55 Kami-Kanita, Sotogahama-machi, Higashitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 030-1309 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°02′18.95″N 140°38′31.99″E / 41.0385972°N 140.6422194°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Tsugaru Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 27.0 km from Aomori | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | December 5, 1951 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2016 | 164 | ||||||||||
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Lines
editKanita Station is served by the Tsugaru Line, and is located 27.0 km from the starting point of the line at Aomori. As of August 2022 the service continuing onward to Minmaya Station terminates here due to damage from heavy rainfall, without plans to restore the service.[1]
Station layout
editKanita Station has one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge, serving a total of four tracks (one track is a siding). The station is attended, and has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Tsugaru Line | for Aomori |
| 2 | ■ Tsugaru Line | for Aomori |
| 3 | ■ Tsugaru Line | for Minmaya |
History
editKanita Station was opened on December 5, 1951 as a station operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. Services on the Tsugaru Kaikyō Line began on March 13, 1988, and ceased operations on March 26, 2016 when the Hokkaido Shinkansen opened and replaced regular passenger services connecting Aomori and Hakodate.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 164 passengers daily (boarding passengers only)[2]
Bus services
edit- Tairadate area line bus
Surrounding area
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- Sotogahama center hospital
- Sotogahama town office
- Kanita post office
See also
editExternal links
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- Official website (in Japanese)
References
edit- ^ "Train Status Information | JR-EAST". JR-EAST - East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員（2016年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 1 January 2018.