Chūō-Hirosaki Station

Chūō-Hirosaki Station 中央弘前駅
Location
Prefecture	Aomori (See other stations in Aomori)
City	Hirosaki
Neighborhood etc.	Yoshino-cho 1-6
Postal Code	036 - 8188
(in Japanese)	青森県 弘前市大字吉野町１－６
History
Year opened	1952
Rail services
Operator(s)	Kōnan Railway
Line(s)	Kōnan Railway Ōwani Line

Chūō-Hirosaki Station (中央弘前駅, Chūō-Hirosaki-eki^?) is the northern terminal railway station on the Kōnan Railway Ōwani Line located in the city of Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is 13.9 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Ōwani Station.

History

Chūō-Hirosaki Station was opened on January 26, 1952. From April 1, 1997 is has been a kan'i itaku station, run by an group of retired employees from the Kōnan Railway Company.

Lines

• Kōnan Railway
  • Kōnan Railway Ōwani Line

Station layout

Chūō-Hirosaki Station has a single side platforms serving a single track. The small station building houses an izakaya-style soba restaurant.

Platforms

1

■Kōnan Railway Ōwani Line

for Ōwani

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Hirokōshita		Kōnan Railway Ōwani Line		Terminus

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

• Kōnan Railway home page (Japanese)
• Location map (Japanese)
• Photo page (Japanese)

Coordinates: 40°35′58.61″N 140°28′21.71″E / 40.5996139°N 140.4726972°E / 40.5996139; 140.4726972