Naka-Oguni Station
Naka-Oguni Station 中小国駅 | |
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| Location | |
| Prefecture | Aomori (See other stations in Aomori) |
| District | Higashitsugaru |
| Town | Sotogahama |
| Neighborhood etc. | Kanita Oguni Minamida |
| Postal code | 030 - 1305 |
| (in Japanese) | 青森県東津軽郡外ヶ浜町字蟹田小国南田 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1958 |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | JR East JR Hokkaidō |
| Line(s) | Tsugaru Line Kaikyō Line |
Naka-Oguni Station (中小国駅 Naka-Oguni-eki) is a railway station on the JR East Tsugaru Line located in the town of Sotogahama, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is 31.4 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Tsugaru Line at Aomori Station. The station is regarded as the southern terminus of the Tsugaru Kaikyō Line for the determination of railway fares, although the effective southern terminus for all Tsugaru Kaikyō Line trains is Aomori Station.
History
Naka-Oguni Station was opened on October 21, 1958 as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. With the opening of the Tsugaru Kaikyō Line on March 13, 1988, operation of the station has been shared between JR East and JR Hokkaidō, although no trains of Kaikyō Line stop at the station.
Lines
- East Japan Railway Company
- Hokkaidō Railway Company
Station layout
Naka-Oguni Station has a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The unattended station building is managed from Kanita Station.
Platforms
| 1 | ■Tsugaru Line | For Kanita and Aomori |
| For Imabetsu and Minmaya |
Surrounding area
The Shin-Nakaoguni Junction (新中小国信号場 Shin-Nakaoguni Shingōjō) is located 2.3 kilometers north of Naka-Oguni, between Naka-Oguni and Ōdai / Tsugaru-Imabetsu. Up until this point, the Tsugaru Line and Kaikyō Line share the same tracks from Aomori Station. The junction also marks the border between the electrified portion of the Tsugaru Line (Aomori to Naka-Oguni) and the non-electrified portion (Naka-Oguni to Minmaya).
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Tsugaru Line | ||||
| Kanita | Local | Ōdai | ||
| Kaikyō Line | ||||
| Kanita (through service) | - | Tsugaru-Imabetsu | ||
Limited Express services through the Kaikyō line do not stop at this station.
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)
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Coordinates: 41°03′07.95″N 140°35′46.40″E / 41.0522083°N 140.5962222°E