Kita-Tokiwa Station

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Kita-Tokiwa Station (北常盤駅, Kita Tokiwa Eki^?) is a railway station on the JR East Ōu Main Line. It is located in Fujisaki (formerly Tokiwa), Aomori, Japan.

Contents 1 Station Structure 2 Usage Statistics 3 Station Vicinity 4 Adjacent stations 5 External link 6 See also

[edit] Station Structure

• 2-way, 3-track, above-ground station.

Platforms

1	■Ōu Main Line	for Hirosaki and Akita
2	■Ōu Main Line	for Namioka and Aomori
3	■Ōu Main Line	(siding)

Note: Track 3 is used primarily for freight trains changing direction.

• Kita-Tokiwa Station is a simple consignment station, administered by Hirosaki Station, and operated by Fujisaki municipal authority, with point-of-sales terminal installed. Ordinary tickets, express tickets, and reserved-seat tickets for all JR lines are on sale (no connecting tickets).
  • Business hours: 6:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (reserved-seat tickets 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. only)
• The station building was recently rebuilt, to include a community center, a reading room and a cafe.

[edit] Usage Statistics

Averaged 451 passengers per day during 2005.

[edit] Station Vicinity

• Aomori Shinkin Bank Tokiwa branch
• Mutsu Tokiwa Post Office (delivery and collection office)
• Tokiwa Taxi
• Hirosaki Police District Fujisaki Koban
• Fujisaki municipal Meitoku Junior High School

[edit] Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Kawabe		Ōu Main Line		Namioka

[edit] External link

• Pictures of the remodeled station (in Japanese)

[edit] See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan