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 code038 - 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

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

1 Ōu Main Line For. Tsugaru-Shinjō and Aomori
2 Ōu Main Line For Namioka and Hirosaki

Route bus

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Ōu Main Line
Daishaka   Local (各駅停車)   Tsugaru-Shinjō

See also

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