is a

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on the

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(JR East)

Tsugaru Line The is a railway line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Aomori Station and Minmaya Station on the Tsugaru Peninsula in western Aomori Prefecture. The section of the line between Aomori Station and Naka-Oguni Stat ...

located in the city of

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Lines

Aburakawa Station is served by the

and is located from the starting point of the line at .

Station layout

Aburakawa Station has one

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serving a single bi-directional track. The station is a ''kan'i itaku'' station, administered by

Aomori Station is a railway station in the city of Aomori in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The station has been operating since September 1891, though the most recent station building, which consists of three island platforms connected to the station building by a ...

, and operated by the local Jaster Corporation, with point-of-sales terminal installed. The short platform requires that trains longer than seven carriages use a door cut system.

History

Aburakawa Station was opened on December 5, 1951, as a station on the

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(JNR). Freight operations were discontinued from July 1970. The station became a ''kan'i itaku'' station on April 1, 1971, operated by the

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. With the

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of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East and was operated by JR East until October 1, 2003, when it again became a ''kan'i itaku'' station, this time under the Jaster Corporation.

Route bus

*Aburakawa-Eki-dōri bus stop *Aomori municipal Bus **For Ushirogata via Okunai **For Furukawa via Oxidate

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 405 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Aburakawa Post Office *Aomori-Kita High School

References

External links

* {{Tsugaru Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Aomori Prefecture Tsugaru Line Aomori (city) Railway stations in Japan opened in 1951