Nishi-Hiranai Station

Nishi-Hiranai Station 西平内駅
Location
Prefecture	Aomori (See other stations in Aomori)
District	Higashitsugaru
Town	Hiranai
Neighborhood etc.	Azukisawa
Postal code	039-3364
(in Japanese)	青森県東津軽郡平内町大字小豆沢14-7
History
Year opened	1939
Rail services
Operator(s)	Aoimori Railway
Line(s)	Aoimori Railway Line

Nishi-Hiranai Station (西平内駅, Nishi-Hiranai-eki) is a railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line located in the town of Hiranai, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is 23.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Aoimori Railway Line at Aomori Station.

History

Nishi-Hiranai Station was opened on October 1, 1939 as a station on the Tōhoku Main Line of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the pre-war predecessor to the Japan National Railways (JNR). Regularly scheduled freight services were discontinued in November 1961. The station has been unattended since August 1970. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

The section of the Tōhoku Main Line including this station was transferred to Aoimori Railway on December 4, 2010.

Lines

• Aoimori Railway Company
  • Aoimori Railway Line

Station layout

Nishi-Hiranai Station has two opposed side platforms, connected the station building by an overpass.

Platforms

Bus services

• Nishi-Hiranai-Yūbinkyoku-Mae bus stop
  • Shimokita bus
    • For Inaoi via Moura
    • For Asamushi-Onsen
    • For Karibasawa via Hiranai-Yakuba-Mae and Shimizugawa

Surrounding area

• Nishihiranai post office
• Highway No. 4
• Nishi-Hiranai junior high school

Adjacent stations

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

• JTB Timetable December 2010 issue

External links

• Station information by Aoimori Railway (Japanese)

Coordinates: 40°55′5.30″N 140°54′47.33″E / 40.9181389°N 140.9131472°E / 40.9181389; 140.9131472