Mutsu-Yokohama Station

Mutsu-Yokohama Station
陸奥横浜駅

Mutsu-Yokohama Station in May 2008
Location Tatenoshiro, Yokohama-machi, Kamikita-gun, Aomori-ken
(青森県上北郡横浜町館ノ後)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Ōminato Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Other information
Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1546
History
Opened 1921
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 71 (daily)
Location
Mutsu-Yokohama Station
Location within Japan

Mutsu-Yokohama Station (陸奥横浜駅 Mutsu-Yokohama-eki) is a railway station on the JR East Ōminato Line located in the town of Yokohama, Kamikita District, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Mutsu-Yokohama Station is served by the Ōminato Line, and is located 30.1 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Noheji Station.

Station layout

Mutsu-Yokohama Station has a single island platform serving two tracks, with a small spur line for trains to be taken off the main rails for maintenance. The small station building has lacked a station master since budgetary restrictions in December 1999.

Platforms

1  Ōminato Line for Shimokita and Ōminato
2  Ōminato Line or Noheji and Aomori

Adjacent stations

Service
Ōminato Line
Noheji   Rapid Shimokita   Shimokita
Fukkoshi   Local (各駅停車)   Arihata

History

Mutsu-Yokohama Station was opened on March 20, 1921 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). All freight operations were discontinued as of March 15, 1973. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (the successor to the JGR) on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.

Surrounding area

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 71 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

See also

References

  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

Coordinates: 41°05′12.09″N 141°14′59.67″E / 41.0866917°N 141.2499083°E / 41.0866917; 141.2499083

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