Kogawara Station

Kogawara Station
小川原駅
Kogawara Station
Location
Prefecture Aomori
(See other stations in Aomori)
District Kamikita
Town Tōhoku
Neighborhood etc. Oura
Postal code039-2402
(in Japanese)青森県上北郡東北町大字大浦字寒水
History
Year opened 1953
Rail services
Operator(s) Aoimori Railway
Line(s) Aoimori Railway Line

Kogawara Station (小川原駅 Kogawara-eki) is a railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line located in the town of Tōhoku, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is 68.4 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Aoimori Railway Line at Aomori Station.

History

Kogawara Station was opened on August 1, 1944 as Kogawara Signal Stop (小川原信号場 Kogawara shingōjō) on the Tōhoku Main Line. It was elevated to the status of a full station on June 10, 1953. The station has been unattended since August 1971. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways 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

Station layout

Kogawara Station has dual opposed side platforms connected by an overpass. The small waiting room for passengers is built on one of the platforms and is unattended.

Platforms

1 Aoimori Railway Line For Hachinohe
2 Aoimori Railway Line For Aomori

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Aoimori Railway Line
Misawa - Kamikitachō

See also

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Coordinates: 40°42′35.61″N 141°17′59.00″E / 40.7098917°N 141.2997222°E