Hirosakigakuindaimae Station

Hirosakigakuindaimae Station
弘前学院大前駅
Hirosakigakuindaimae Station
Location
Prefecture Aomori
(See other stations in Aomori)
City Hirosaki
Neighborhood etc. Nakano 1-13-1
Postal code036 - 8155
(in Japanese)青森県 弘前市大字中野1-13-1
History
Year opened 1952
Former name Nishi-Hirosaki Station
Present name since 2008
Rail services
Operator(s) Kōnan Railway
Line(s) Kōnan Railway Ōwani Line

Hirosakigakuindaimae Station (弘前学院大前駅 Hirosakigakuindaimae-eki ) is a railway station on the Kōnan Railway Ōwani Line located in the city of Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is 12.0 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Ōwani Station, and is located in front of Hirosaki Gakuin University.

History

Hirosakigakuindaimai Station was opened as Nishi-Hirosaki Station (西弘前 Nishi-Hirosaki-eki) on January 26, 1952, with the opening of the Ōwani Line. On December 1, 1971 the first automatic ticket machines on the Kōnan Railway were installed at this station. It became a kan'i itaku station on October 1, 1985. The station name was changed to its present name on September 1, 2008. The station has been unattended since April 1, 2009.

Lines

Station layout

Hirosakigakuindaimae Station has a single island platform serving two tracks.

Platforms

1 Kōnan Railway Ōwani Line for Chūō-Hirosaki
2 Kōnan Railway Ōwani Line for Ōwani

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Seiaichūkōmae   Kōnan Railway Ōwani Line   Hirokōshita

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hirosaki Gakuindai-mae Station.

External links

Coordinates: 40°35′01.69″N 140°28′14.30″E / 40.5838028°N 140.4706389°E