- Okunai Station
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Okunai Station奥内駅
Okunai Station Location Prefecture Aomori
(See other stations in Aomori)City Aomori Neighborhood etc. Shimizu Hamamoto 153 Postal Code 038 - 0052 (in Japanese) 青森県青森市大字清水字浜元153 History Year opened 1951 Rail services Operator(s) JR East Line(s) Tsugaru Line Okunai Station (奥内駅 Okunai-eki ) is a railway station on the JR East Tsugaru Line located in the city of Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is 11.5 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Tsugaru Line at Aomori Station.
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History
Okunai Station was opened on December 5, 1951 as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). It became unattended from 1961-1987. In 1968, freight operations were suspended. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. The station building burned down in a fire in November 1999 and the present building was completed in March 2000. The station has been unattended again since 2001.
Lines
- East Japan Railway Company
- Tsugaru Line
Station layout
Okunai Station has a dual opposed side platform serving two tracks. The platforms are short, necessitating the use of a door cut system for trains linger than 5 carriages long. The station is unattended, and is managed from Aomori Station.
Platforms
1 ■Tsugaru Line For Aomori
For KanitaRoute bus
- Okunai-eki-mae bus stop
- Aomori municipal Bus
- For.Ushirogata via Hidariseki
- For.Furukawa via Jyusannmori(Aburakawa) and Okidate
- Aomori municipal Bus
Surrounding area
- Kita junior high school
- Okunai elementary school
Adjacent stations
« Service » Tsugaru Line Tsugaru-Miyata Local Hidariseki 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
- JR East station information page (Japanese)
Stations of the Tsugaru Line Aomori - Aburakawa - Tsugaru-Miyata - Okunai - Hidariseki - Ushirogata - Nakasawa - Yomogita - Gōsawa - Seheji - Kanita - Naka-Oguni - Ōdai - Tsugaru-Futamata - Ōkawadai - Imabetsu - Tsugaru-Hanana - Minmaya
Coordinates: 40°54′11.13″N 140°40′20.47″E / 40.9030917°N 140.6723528°EThis Aomori Prefecture railroad station-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. - East Japan Railway Company