Kenyoshi Station

Kenyoshi Station 剣吉駅
Kenyoshi Station
Location
Prefecture	Aomori (See other stations in Aomori)
District	Sannohe
Town	Nanbu
Neighborhood etc.	Kenyoshi
Postal code	039 - 0612
(in Japanese)	青森県三戸郡南部町大字剣吉
History
Year opened	1897
Rail services
Operator(s)	Aoimori Railway Company
Line(s)	Aoimori Railway Line

Platform ticket for Kenyoshi Station

Kenyoshi Station (剣吉駅, Ken'yoshi-eki ) is a railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line located in the town of Nanbu, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is 14.8 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Aoimori Line at Metoki Station.

History

Kenyoshi Station was opened on July 1, 1897 as a station of the Nippon Railway. When the Nippon Railway was nationalized on November 1, 1906, it became a station on the Tōhoku Main Line of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) and later the Japanese National Railways (JNR). Freight operations were discontinued from November 1982. The station has been managed from Hachinohe Station since February 1983. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. The station came under the control of the Aoimori Railway Line on December 1, 2002.

Lines

• Aoimori Railway Company
  • Aoimori Railway Line

Station layout

Kenyoshi Station has a dual opposed side platforms connected to the station building by an overpass. The station building is attended.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

Surrounding area

• Aomori Bank Kenyoshi branch
• Nagawa Post office
• Nanbu town office Kenyoshi branch

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

• Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

External links

• Aoimori Railway station information page (Japanese)

Coordinates: 40°26′56″N 141°20′48″E / 40.448974°N 141.346736°E / 40.448974; 141.346736