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Goshogawara Station

五所川原駅
Goshogawara Station; 五所川原駅
	JR East Goshogawara Station
General information
Location	38 Aza Omachi , Goshogawara City, Aomori Prefecture 037-0063; Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Gonō Line
Platforms	2 (1 island platform)
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 September 1918; 106 years ago
Passengers
FY2021	675 daily
Services

Location
	Goshogawara Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Goshogawara Station Goshogawara Station (Tohoku, Japan) Goshogawara Station Goshogawara Station (Japan)

Goshogawara Station

五所川原駅
Goshogawara Station; 五所川原駅
	Goshogawara Station in September 2014
General information
Location	38 Aza Omachi, Goshogawara City, Aomori Prefecture 037-0063; Japan
Coordinates	40°48′32″N 140°26′53″E / 40.80889°N 140.44806°E
Operated by	JR East; Tsugaru Railway Company;
Line(s)	Gonō Line; ■Tsugaru Railway Line;
Location
Location
	Goshogawara Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Goshogawara Station Goshogawara Station (Tohoku, Japan) Goshogawara Station Goshogawara Station (Japan)

Goshogawara Station (五所川原駅, Goshogawara-eki) is a joint-use railway station on the Gonō Line and Tsugaru Railway Line in the city of Goshogawara, Aomori, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Tsugaru Railway Company.

Tsugaru Railway Company refers to the station as Tsugaru Goshogawara Station (津軽五所川原駅, Tsugaru Goshogawara-eki).

Lines

Goshogawara Station is served by the JR East Gonō Line and forms the terminus of the Tsugaru Railway Line. It is located 125.7 km from the southern terminus of the Gonō Line at Higashi-Noshiro.

Station layout

Goshogawara Station has a single side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. The JR Gono Line uses the side platform and half of the island platform, while the Tsugaru Line uses the other half of the island platform. The station building has a staffed Midori no Madoguchi ticket office. The exterior of the JR East station structure was rebuilt in 2013, reopening on 1 August 2013.^[1]

JR East

Platforms

1	■ Gonō Line	for Ajigasawa and Fukaura
	■ Gonō Line	for Hirosaki and Aomori (starting trains)
2	■ Gonō Line	for Hirosaki and Aomori

The Gono Line platforms

Tsugaru Railway

Tsugaru Goshogawara Station

津軽五所川原駅

Tsugaru Railway station

Tsugaru Railway Goshogawara Station in May 2014

General information

Location

7-5 Omachi, Goshogawara-shi, Aomori-ken
Japan

Operated by

Tsugaru Railway

Line(s)

■ Tsugaru Railway Line

Platforms

1 (1 side platform)

Other information

Status

Staffed

Website

Official website

History

Opened

15 July 1930

Previous names

Goshogawara (until 1956)

Passengers

FY2015

330 daily

Services

Preceding station	Tsutetsu			Following station
Terminus		Tsugaru Railway Line Semi-Express Local		Togawa towards Tsugaru-Nakasato

Platforms

3	■ Tsugaru Railway Line	for Kanagi and Tsugaru-Nakasato

The Tsugaru Railway Line platform in August 2010

History

Goshogawara Station opened on September 25, 1918,^[2] as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR) Goshogawara Line.^{[citation needed]} On June 1, 1927, the Goshogawara Line was joined with the newly nationalized Mutsu Railway. The Tsugaru Railway Line began operations from Goshogawara on July 15, 1930.^[3] On July 10, 1956, the Tsugaru Railway portion of the station was officially renamed Tsugaru Goshogawara Station (津軽五所川原駅), to distinguish it from the JNR portion.^[3] With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the JNR portion came under the operational control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the JR East station was used by an average of 894 passengers daily (boarding passengers only)^[4] The passenger figures for the JR East station in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	1,228^[5]
2005	909^[6]
2010	863^[7]
2015	825^[8]

Surrounding area

National Route 101
National Route 339
Goshogawara Post office
Goshogawara City Hall

References

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 (in Japanese). PHP研究所. ISBN 4569830099.
五能線ガイドブック [Gono Line Guidebook] (in Japanese). 無明舎出版. 2002. ISBN 4895443078.

^ 五能線五所川原駅，外観をリニューアル [Goshigawara Station exterior rebuilt]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 131. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
^ ^a ^b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 196. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
^ 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.
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2010年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2015年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 1 January 2017.