Tsurugasaka Station

Tsurugasaka Station 鶴ヶ坂駅
Tsurugasaka Station
Location
Prefecture	Aomori (See other stations in Aomori)
City	Aomori
Neighborhood etc.	Tsurugasaka Kawai 91-3
Postal code	038 - 0045
(in Japanese)	青森県青森市大字鶴ヶ坂字川合91-3
History
Year opened	1933
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East
Line(s)	Ōu Main Line

Tsurugasaka Station (鶴ヶ坂駅, Tsurugasaka-eki) is a railway station on the JR East northern Ōu Main Line located in the city of Aomori, Aomori Prefecture Japan. It is 473.4 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Ōu Main Line at Fukushima Station.

History

Tsurugasaka Station was opened on November 15, 1929 as the Tsurugasaka Signal. It was upgraded to a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the pre-war predecessor to the Japan National Railways (JNR) on January 20, 1933. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East. A new station building was completed in July 2007.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Ōu Main Line

Station layout

Tsurugasaka Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by an overpass. The station is attended only during daylight hours.

Platforms

Route bus

• Aomori municipal Bus
  • For Aomori Station via Shinjō and Furukawa
  • For Namioka Station via Daishaka
  • For Magonai
• Konan Bus
  • For Kuroishi via Namioka and Tobinai
  • For Gosyogawara via Daishaka and Harako
  • For Yadame via Shinjō,Aomori Station and Shinmachi

Adjacent stations

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

• JR East station information page (Japanese)

Coordinates: 40°47′28.5″N 140°38′05.5″E / 40.791250°N 140.634861°E / 40.791250; 140.634861