Kanita Station

Kanita Station
蟹田駅
Location
Prefecture Aomori
(See other stations in Aomori)
District Higashitsugaru
Town Sotogahama
Neighborhood etc. Kami-Kanita 55
Postal Code 030 - 1303
(in Japanese) 青森県東津軽郡外ヶ浜町字上蟹田55
History
Year opened 1951
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Tsugaru Line
Tsugaru Kaikyō Line

Kanita Station (蟹田駅 Kanita-eki?) is a railway station on the JR East Tsugaru Line located in the town of Sotogahama, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is 27.0 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Tsugaru Line at Aomori Station.

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History

Kanita Station was opened on December 5, 1951 as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization 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.

Lines

Station layout

Kanita Station has one side platform and one island platform serving a total of four tracks (one track is a siding). The station is manned, and has a “Midori-no-Madoguchi” service counter.

Platforms

1 ■Tsugaru Kaikyō Line For Aomori and Hachinohe
■Tsugaru Line For Yomogita and Aomori
2 ■Tsugaru Line For Yomogita and Aomori
3 ■Tsugaru Kaikyō Line For Hakodate
■Tsugaru Line For Minmaya

Bus services

Surrounding area

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tsugaru Line
Seheji   Local   Naka-Oguni
Tsugaru Kaikyō Line
Aomori   Limited Express   Tsugaru-Imabetsu

See also

References

External links

Stations of the Tsugaru Line
Stations of the Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line