is a railway station on the

Kōnan Railway Kōnan Line The is a railway route operated by the Japanese private railway operator Kōnan Railway in Aomori Prefecture, from Hirosaki Station in Hirosaki to Kuroishi Station in Kuroishi. Station list * Tamboāto Station is open from April to Novembe ...

in the city of

Kuroishi, Aomori is a city located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 32,900 in 13818 households and a population density of 150 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Kuroishi is located in west-centra ...

, Japan, operated by the

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operator

Konan Railway Konan may refer to: * Conan (disambiguation), a name spelt "Konan" in the Breton language * ''Kɔnan'', a male given name in a number of Akan cultures, chiefly the Baoulé people, for whom it is typically given to any male born on a Wednesday (''m ...

Lines

Kuroishi Station is a terminal station on

, and is located 16.8 km from the starting point of the line at .

Station layout

The station has a single

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serving two tracks, although Track 2 is seldom used. The station is fully attended.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Kuroishi Station was opened on August 15, 1912 on the

Japanese Government Railways The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Railways ( ja, 鉄道省, Tetsudō-shō, ) until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Rai ...

. An adjacent Kōnan Kuroishi Station was built in 1950 for use by the Kōnan Line. On November 1, 1984, the Kuroishi Light Railway was sold to the

Kōnan Railway Company The is a railway company that provides transportation services in western Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The company operates two regional railway lines: the Kōnan Line, which connects Hirosaki Station in the city of Hirosaki and Kuroishi Station ...

, and the original Kuroishi Station was demolished. The station has been operated as a ( ''kan'i itaku'' station) since November 1984. On April 1, 1986 a new station building was completed, and the station reverted to its original name. The Kuroishi Line ceased operations on April 1, 1998.

Surrounding area

*Kuroishi City Hall *Kuroishi Post Office

Bus services

Kōnan Bus Company is a bus company in Japan. Office Bus garage * Hirosaki Bus office (Hirosaki) ** Wattoku Branch office (Hirosaki) ** Fujishiro Branch office (Hirosaki) * Kuroishi Bus office ( Kuroishi) * Goshogawara Bus office (Goshogawara) ** Kodomari B ...

**For Aomori-Yadamae via Tobinai, Namioka, Shinjō and **For Kōya via Mayajiri, Tobinai, and Tarusawa **For Namioka Station via Hongō **For Hirosaki Bus terminal ***via Tujinoki, Inakadate and Sakaizeki ***via Guminoki, Takada, Hatakenaka, Toyomaki, and Wattoku-Kitaguchi **For via Maeda-Yasiki **For Nijinoko-kōen via Yamagatachō and Itadome **For Nurukawa via Yamagatachō, Itadome and Nijinoko-kōen **For Ōwani Bus office via Tujinoki, Onoe, and

External links

* {{Kōnan Railway Kōnan Line Railway stations in Aomori Prefecture Konan Railway Kuroishi, Aomori Railway stations in Japan opened in 1912