is a joint-use railway station on the

Gonō Line The is a railway line in Japan linking Higashi-Noshiro Station in Akita Prefecture with Kawabe Station in Aomori Prefecture, in the northern Tōhoku region of Honshu. The line stretches 147.2 km (91.5 mi) along the Sea of Japan coast ...

and

Tsugaru Railway Line The is a railway line in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, connecting in the city of Goshogawara and in the town of Nakadomari, in central-southern Tsugaru Peninsula. The line is the only railway line operated by the Tsugaru Railway Company, which ...

in the city of

Goshogawara, Aomori is a city located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 53,576 in 25,568 households, and a population density of 130 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Goshogawara occupies two discontinu ...

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, jointly operated by

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...

(JR East) and the

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operator

Tsugaru Railway Company The , also known as , is a railway company that provides transportation services in western Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The company operates the Tsugaru Railway Line, which connects Tsugaru-Goshogawara Station in the city of Goshogawara with Tsuga ...

. Tsugaru Railway Company refers to the station as .

Lines

Goshogawara Station is served by the JR East

and forms the

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of the

. It is located 125.7 km from the southern terminus of the Gonō Line at .

Station layout

Goshogawara Station has a single

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

and an

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

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 , which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Grou ...

'' ticket office. The exterior of the JR East station structure was rebuilt in 2013, reopening on 1 August 2013.

JR East

Platforms

File:140914 Goshogawara Station Goshogawara Aomori pref Japan05n.jpg, The Gono Line platforms

Tsugaru Railway

Platforms

File:Tsugarugoshogawara-Station-Platform.jpg, The Tsugaru Railway Line platform in August 2010

History

Goshogawara Station opened on September 25, 1918, as a station on the

Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

(JNR) Goshogawara Line. On June 1, 1927, the Goshogawara Line was joined with the newly

nationalized Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately-owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to pri ...

Mutsu Railway. The

began operations from Goshogawara on July 15, 1930. On July 10, 1956, the Tsugaru Railway portion of the station was officially renamed , to distinguish it from the JNR portion. With the

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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) The passenger figures for the JR East station in previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

* * * Goshogawara Post office * Goshogawara City Hall

References

* *

External links

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Tsugaru-Goshogawara Station
{{Tsugaru Railway Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Aomori Prefecture Gonō Line Tsugaru Railway Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1918 Goshogawara

Lines

Station layout

JR East

Platforms

Tsugaru Railway

Platforms

History

Passenger statistics

Surrounding area

See also

References

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