Ushirogata Station

Location
	Ushirogata Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Ushirogata Station Ushirogata Station (Japan)

Ushirogata Station

後潟駅
Ushirogata Station; 後潟駅
	Ushirogata Station in May 2013
General information
Location	Rokumaibashi, Aomori-shi, Aomori-ken 030-1271; Japan
Coordinates	40°55′53.47″N 140°39′45.84″E / 40.9315194°N 140.6627333°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Tsugaru Line
Distance	14.7 km from Aomori
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	December 5, 1951
Services
Location
Location
	Ushirogata Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Ushirogata Station Ushirogata Station (Japan)

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

Lines

Ushirogata Station is served by the Tsugaru Line, and is located 14.7 kilometres (9.1 mi) from the starting point of the line at Aomori.

Station layout

Ushirogata Station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional traffic. The station is unattended. The short platform requires that trains longer than five carriages use a door cut system.

History

Ushirogata Station was opened on December 5, 1951, as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were discontinued from October 1968. On April 1, 1970, it became a kan'i itaku station, operated by the Japan Travel Bureau. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. It has been unattended since September 2009.