Kitatakaiwa Station

Kitatakaiwa Station

北高岩駅
Regional rail station
Kitatakaiwa Station in September 2023
General information
LocationUeno-Takaiwa, Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture 039-1108
Japan
Coordinates40°28′31″N 141°24′21″E / 40.475381°N 141.405819°E / 40.475381; 141.405819
Operated by Aoimori Railway
Line(s)■ Aoimori Railway Line
Distance21.0 km from Metoki
Platforms1 island + 1 side platform
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened10 August 1923
Services
Preceding station Aoimori Railway Following station
Tomabechi
towards Metoki
 Aoimori Railway Line Hachinohe
towards Aomori
Location
Kitatakaiwa Station is located in Aomori Prefecture
Kitatakaiwa Station
Kitatakaiwa Station
Location within Aomori Prefecture
Kitatakaiwa Station is located in Japan
Kitatakaiwa Station
Kitatakaiwa Station
Kitatakaiwa Station (Japan)

Kitatakaiwa Station (北高岩駅, Kitatakaiwa-eki) is a railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line in the city of Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company.

Location

Kitatakaiwa Station is served by the Aoimori Railway Line, and is 21.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Metoki Station. It is 638.3 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Surrounding area

History

Kitatakaiwa Station was opened on 10 August 1923 as a station of the Tōhoku Main Line on the Japan National Railways (JNR). Freight operations were discontinued from April 1962. The station has been unattended since May 1980. With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, it came under the operational control of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It came under the control of the Aoimori Railway Company on 1 December 2002.[1]

Station layout

Kitatakaiwa Station has a one ground-level island platform and one ground-level side platform serving three tracks connected to the station building by a footbridge. However, only tracks 1 and 3 are in use, and track 2 is used as a siding. The station building is not staffed.[2]

Platforms

1 ■ Aoimori Railway Line for Hachinohe and Aomori
2 ■ Aoimori Railway Line (siding)
3 ■ Aoimori Railway Line for Sannohe and Morioka

See also

References

  1. ^ "青い森鉄道線について" [About the Aoimori Railway Line] (in Japanese). Aoimori Railway Company. 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. ^ "北高岩駅" [Kitatakaiwa Station] (in Japanese). Aoimori Railway Company. 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
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