Nakasawa Station

Nakasawa Station
中沢駅
Nakasawa Station
Location
Prefecture Aomori
(See other stations in Aomori)
City Aomori
Neighborhood etc. Shitobashi Isono 729-1
Postal code030 - 1261
(in Japanese)青森県青森市大字四戸橋字磯野729-1
History
Year opened 1959
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Tsugaru Line

Nakasawa Station (中沢駅 Nakasawa-eki) is a railway station on the JR East Tsugaru Line located in the city of Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is 16.8 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Tsugaru Line at Aomori Station. The station is on the border between the city of Aomori and the town of Yomogita, and “Nakazawa” is a place name within Yokogita. Some Limited Express trains, including Hokutosei, stop at this station without embarkment or disembarkment for siding.

History

Nakasawa Station was opened on November 25, 1959 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. A siding track was added in March 1988.

Lines

Station layout

Nakasawa Station has a single side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. The station is unattended, and is managed from Kanita Station. There is no station building, but only a weather shelter on Platform 1

Platforms

1 Tsugaru Line For Aomori
2 Tsugaru Line For Yomogita, Minmaya
3 Tsugaru Line For Kanita @ 0835, For Aomori @ 1929

Surrounding area

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Tsugaru Line
Ushirogata   Local   Yomogita

See also

External links

Coordinates: 40°56′58.30″N 140°39′21.80″E / 40.9495278°N 140.6560556°E