is a railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line in the town of Nanbu in

Aomori Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region. The prefecture's capital, largest city, and namesake is the city of Aomori. Aomori is the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island, Honshu, and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east, ...

, Japan, operated by the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company.

Lines

Tomabechi Station is served by the Aoimori Railway Line, and is 18.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Metoki Station. It is 635.5 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Tomabechi Station has two ground-level opposed

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s serving two tracks connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

History

Tomabechi Station was opened on August 15, 1961 as a station of the Tohoku Main Line on the Japan National Railways (JNR). Freight operations were discontinued from April 1962. With the

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of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. It came under the control of the Aoimori Railway Line on December 1, 2002.

Surrounding area

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Mabechi River 270px, Ogami Rock overlooking the Basenkyō ravine in Iwate The is a river located in northern Iwate Prefecture and eastern Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Honshū in Japan. Overview The Mabechi River is long and has a wat ...

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