Misawa Station

Misawa Station
Misawa Station
三沢駅
JRE MisawaStation.jpg
JR Misawa Station (now Aoimori Railway)
Location
Prefecture Aomori
(See other stations in Aomori)
City Misawa
Neighborhood etc. Ōaza Inuotose Aza Furumagi 51-7
Postal Code 033-0000
(in Japanese) 青森県三沢市大字犬落瀬字古間木51-7
History
Year opened 1894
Former name Furumaki Station
Present name since 1961
Rail services
Operator(s) Aoimori Railway
Towada Kankō Electric Railway
Line(s) Aoimori Railway Line
Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line

Misawa Station (三沢駅 Misawa-eki?) is a railway station located in the city of Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is 75.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Aoimori Railway Line at Aomori Station. It is also a terminus of the Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line.

Contents

History

Misawa Station was opened on April 1, 1896 as the Furumaki Station (古間木駅 Furumaki-eki?) on the Nippon Railway. It became a station on the Tōhoku Main Line of Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the pre-war predecessor to the Japan National Railway (JNR), when the Nippon Railway was nationalized on July 1, 1906. On September 4, 1922 it became a joint station, when the Towada Railway (present-day Towada Kankō Electric Railway, also known as Tōtetsu) connected Furumaki with Towadashi Station. The Tōtetsu Furumaki Station was relocated 120 meters away on October 1, 1926 and a new station building was completed on January 1, 1959. The Tōtetsu station was renamed Misawa Station on March 1, 1961 and the JNR station followed on March 20 of the same year. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the JNR Misawa Station came under the operational control of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight). Freight services were discontinued in June 2006. The control of the Tōhoku Main Line (between Hachinohe and Aomori) was transferred to Aoimori Railway on December 4, 2010, the day the Tōhoku Shinkansen was extended to Shin-Aomori.

Until the operational change in 2010, the JR station was served by the limited express trains Tsugaru, Hakuchō and Super Hakuchō.

Lines

Station layout

Aoimori Railway's Misawa Station has two island platforms serving three tracks. The station building is elevated, and built over the tracks. The station is fully manned. The station building has a ticketing counter, as well as automatic ticketing machines. The Totetsu Misawa Station has one bay platform serving two tracks. The station has a manned service window and automatic ticket machines.

Platforms

1 ■Aoimori Railway Line for Noheji and Aomori
2 ■Aoimori Railway Line for Hachinohe
3 ■Aoimori Railway Line (siding)
1 ■Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line for Shichihyaku and Towadashi

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Aoimori Railway Line
Mukaiyama - Kogawara
Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line
Terminus - Ōmagari

Nearby

  • Aomori Prefectural Misawa Commercial High School
  • Komaki Onsen
  • Misawa Station Post Office

See also

Gallery

  • JR tracks and platforms from pedestrian bridge.

  • JR East Hakuchō limited express departing northbound from the Misawa train station.

  • Tōtetsu train leaves Misawa station

  • Ticket inspector on Tōtetsu platform (October 2005)

References

  • JTB Timetable December 2010 issue

External links

v · d · eStations of the Aoimori Railway Company Aoimori Railway Line
v · d · eStations of the Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line

Misawa - Ōmagari - Yanagizawa - Shichihyaku - Furusato - Sannōkō-mae - Takashizu - Kitasato Daigaku-mae - Kōgyōkōkō-mae - Higashino-Danchi - Towadashi

Coordinates: 40°40′07.82″N 141°21′13.11″E / 40.6688389°N 141.3536417°E / 40.6688389; 141.3536417


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