is a railway station on the
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 Statio ...
in the town of
Sotogahama, Aomori
is a town located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan and a part of the Aomori metropolitan area. , the town had an estimated population of 5,429, and a population density of 25.4 persons per km2. The total area of the town is .
Geography
Sotogahama i ...
, Japan, 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).
Lines
Kanita Station is served by the
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 Statio ...
, and is located 27.0 km from the starting point of the line at .
Station layout
Kanita Station has one
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 one
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 ...
connected by a footbridge, serving a total of four tracks (one track is a siding). The station is attended, and has a ''
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 ...
'' staffed ticket office.
Platforms
History
Kanita Station was opened on December 5, 1951 as a station operated by
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). With the
privatization
Privatization (also privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when ...
of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. Services on the Tsugaru Kaikyō Line began on March 13, 1988, and ceased operations on March 26, 2016 when the
Hokkaido Shinkansen
The is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen rail line that links up with the Tōhoku Shinkansen in northern Aomori Prefecture in Honshu and continues on into the interior of Hokkaido through the undersea Seikan Tunnel. Construction started in May ...
opened and replaced regular passenger services connecting Aomori and Hakodate.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 164 passengers daily (boarding passengers only)
Bus services
* Tairadate area line bus
Surrounding area
*Sotogahama center hospital
*Sotogahama town office
*Kanita post office
See also
*
List of Railway Stations in Japan
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan.
External links
{{Portal bar, Japan, Trains
*
Railway stations
Japan
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External links
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References
{{Tsugaru Line
Stations of East Japan Railway Company
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1951
Railway stations in Aomori Prefecture
Tsugaru Line
Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line
Sotogahama, Aomori