Okunai Station

Okunai Station
Okunai Station
奥内駅
JR Okunai sta 001.jpg
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

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 Kanita

Route bus

  • Okunai-eki-mae bus stop
    • Aomori municipal Bus
      • For.Ushirogata via Hidariseki
      • For.Furukawa via Jyusannmori(Aburakawa) and Okidate

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

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Coordinates: 40°54′11.13″N 140°40′20.47″E / 40.9030917°N 140.6723528°E / 40.9030917; 140.6723528