Mutsuminato Station (陸奥湊駅, Mutsuminato-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1][2]
Mutsuminato Station 陸奥湊駅  | |||||||||||
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 Mutsuminato Station north entrance in 2022 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 44-1 Minato-cho Kubo, Hachinohe-shi, Aomori-ken 031-0812 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°31′23.88″N 141°31′39.75″E / 40.5233000°N 141.5277083°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Hachinohe Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 9.0 km from Hachinohe | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unmanned station (Automatic ticket vending machine installation) | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 11 July 1925 | ||||||||||
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| FY2018 | 134 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editMutsuminato Station is served by the Hachinohe Line, and is 9.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Hachinohe Station.[2]
Station layout
editThe station has one ground-level island platform serving two tracks, with an elevated station building. The station is unattended and has a automated ticket machines.[2][1]
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Hachinohe Line | for Same, Taneichi, and Kuji |
| 2 | ■ Hachinohe Line | for Hachinohe |
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South exit -
Platform
History
editMutsuminato Station opened on July 11, 1926 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). A freight spur line to nearby Iwaki Cement (now part of Sumitomo Cement) was opened in 1927; the spur line was closed in 1986.[citation needed] With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR, the post-war successor to the JGR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 134 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "陸奥湊駅" [Mutsuminato Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ^ a b c Kawashima, Ryōzō (2015). 図説: 日本の鉄道 東北ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第8巻 岩手 青森 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated.Tohoku Area. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 8 Iwate Aomori area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 4062951754.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
External links
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Media related to Mutsuminato Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)
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