Metoki Station

Metoki Station
Metoki Station
目時駅
Metoki stn.jpg
Metoki Station
Location
Prefecture Aomori
(See other stations in Aomori)
District Sannohe
Town Sannohe
Neighborhood etc. Metoki Muranaka
Postal Code 039-0113
(in Japanese) 青森県三戸郡三戸町目時村中
History
Year opened 1948
Rail services
Operator(s) Aoimori Railway Company
Iwate Galaxy Railway Company
Line(s) Aoimori Railway Line
Iwate Galaxy Railway Line
There are no bus services at this station

Metoki Station (目時駅 Metoki-eki?) is a joint use terminus railway station located in Sannohe, Sannohe District, Aomori, Japan.

Contents

History

Metoki Station was opened on December 20, 1924 as the Metoki Signal Stop on the Tōhoku Main Line on the Japan National Railways (JNR). It was elevated to the status of a full station on October 1, 1948. Freight operations were discontinued from April 1962. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. It came under the joint control of the Aoimori Railway and the Iwate Galaxy Railway Company on December 1, 2002.

Station layout

Metoki Station has two opposed side platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by an overpass. The station building is relatively large, but is currently unattended.

Platforms
1 ■Aoimori Railway Line for Sannohe, Hachinohe
2 ■Iwate Galaxy Railway Line for Ninohe, Morioka

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Sannohe   Aoimori Railway Line   Terminus
Terminus   Iwate Galaxy Railway Line   Kintaichi-Onsen

References

  • Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

External links

v · d · eStations of the Aoimori Railway Company Aoimori Railway Line
v · d · eStations of the Iwate Galaxy Railway Line

Coordinates: 40°21′07″N 141°17′22″E / 40.352046°N 141.289569°E / 40.352046; 141.289569

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