Kanita Station
Kanita 蟹田 | |
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| Location |
55 Kami-Kanita, Sotogahama, Higashitsugaru, Aomori （青森県東津軽郡外ヶ浜町字上蟹田55） Japan |
| Operated by | JR East |
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| Opened | 1951 |
Kanita Station (蟹田駅 Kanita-eki) is a railway station on the Tsugaru Line in the town of Sotogahama, Aomori, Japan, operated by the JR Group company East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is 27.0 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Tsugaru Line at Aomori Station.
Lines
Kanita Station is served by the following lines.
Station layout
Kanita Station has one side platform and one island platform serving a total of four tracks (one track is a siding). The station is manned, and has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.
Platforms
| 1 | ■Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line | for Aomori |
| ■Tsugaru Line | for Yomogita and Aomori | |
| 2 | ■Tsugaru Line | for Yomogita and Aomori |
| 3 | ■Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line | for Hakodate |
| ■Tsugaru Line | for Minmaya |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tsugaru Line | ||||
| Seheji | Local | Naka-Oguni | ||
| Tsugaru Kaikyō Line | ||||
| Aomori | Limited Express | Tsugaru-Imabetsu or Kikonai | ||
- No local trains run on the Kaikyō Line.
History
Kanita Station was opened on December 5, 1951 as a station operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. Services on the Tsugaru Kaikyō Line began on March 13, 1988.
Bus services
- Tairadate area line bus
Surrounding area
- Sotogahama center hospital
- Sotogahama town office
- Kanita post office
See also
References
- Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kanita Station. |
- JR East station information page (in Japanese)
Coordinates: 41°02′18.95″N 140°38′31.99″E / 41.0385972°N 140.6422194°E