Okunai Station

Okunai Station (奥内駅, Okunai-eki) is a railway station on the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Tsugaru Line located in the city of Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Okunai Station 奥内駅
Okunai Station In September 2009
General information
Location	153 Shimizu Yamamoto, Aomori-shi, Aomori-ken 038-0052 Japan
Coordinates	40°54′11.13″N 140°40′20.47″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Tsugaru Line
Distance	11.5 km from Aomori
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	December 5, 1951
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Hidariseki towards Minmaya Tsugaru Line Tsugaru-Miyata towards Aomori
Location Okunai Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Okunai Station Okunai Station (Japan)

Lines

Okunai Station is served by the Tsugaru Line, and is located 11.5 km from the starting point of the line at Aomori.

Station layout

Okunai Station has a dual opposed side platforms serving two tracks. The platforms are short, and a door cut system is used for trains longer than 5 carriages long. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Tsugaru Line	for Aomori
2	■ Tsugaru Line	for Kanita

History

Okunai Station was opened on December 5, 1951 as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). It became unattended from 1961–1987. In 1968, freight operations were suspended. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. The station building burned down in a fire in November 1999 and the present building was completed in March 2000. The station has been unattended again since 2001.

Route bus

• Okunai-eki-mae bus stop
  • Aomori municipal Bus
    • For.Ushirogata via Hidariseki
    • For.Furukawa via Jyusannmori(Aburakawa) and Okidate

Surrounding area

• Kita Junior High School
• Okunai Elementary School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)