Mukaiyama Station

Mukaiyama Station
向山駅

Mukaiyama Station in April 2008
Location 3 Mukaiyama, Oirase, Kamikita, Aomori
(青森県上北郡おいらせ町向山3)
Japan
Operated by Aoimori Railway
Line(s) Aoimori Railway Line
History
Opened 1936

Mukaiyama Station (向山駅 Mukaiyama-eki) is a railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line in the town of Oirase, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Aoimori Railway.

Lines

Mukaiyama Station is served by the 121.9 km Aoimori Railway Line from Metoki to Aomori, and is 79.7 km from the northern terminus of the line at Aomori.

Station layout

Mukaiyama Station has an island platform serving two tracks, connected to the unstaffed station building by a footbridge.

Platforms

1  Aoimori Railway Line for Aomori
2  Aoimori Railway Line for Hachinohe

Adjacent stations

Service
Aoimori Railway Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Shimoda   Local   Misawa

History

The station opened on July 10, 1936.[1] With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1] With the opening of the Tohoku Shinkansen extension to Shin-Aomori, the section of the Tohoku Main Line including this station was transferred to the Aoimori Railway on December 4, 2010.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. pp. 417–418. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

Coordinates: 40°37′48.92″N 141°22′12.61″E / 40.6302556°N 141.3701694°E / 40.6302556; 141.3701694

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