Kitakanegasawa Station

Kitakanegasawa Station (北金ヶ沢駅, Kitakanegasawa-eki) is a railway station in the town of Fukaura, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated on the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Kitakanegasawa Station 北金ヶ沢駅
Kitakanegasawa Station in July 2021
General information
Location	Kitakanegasawa, Fukaura-machi, Nishitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-2504 Japan
Coordinates	40°44′46″N 140°05′42″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Gonō Line
Distance	90.6 km from Higashi-Noshiro
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website (in Japanese)
History
Opened	October 20, 1931
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Senjōjiki towards Higashi-Noshiro Gonō Line Rapid Ajigasawa One-way operation Gonō Line Local Mutsu-Yanagita towards Hirosaki
Location Kitakanegasawa Station Location within Japan

Lines

Kitakanegasawa Station is a station on the Gonō Line, and is located 90.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro.

Platforms

1	■ Gonō Line	For Ajigasawa, Goshogawara and Hirosaki
2	■ Gonō Line	For Fukaura and Higashi-Noshiro

Station layout

Station platform sign on a sunny day.

Kitakanegasawa Station has two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is unattended and is managed from Goshogawara Station. The station is a kan'i itaku station, administered by Goshogawara Station, and operated by Fukaura municipal authority, with point-of-sales terminal installed. Ordinary tickets, express tickets, and reserved-seat tickets for all JR lines are on sale.

History

Formerly station building (photographed in Sep. 2019)

Kitakanegasawa Station was opened on October 20, 1931 as a station on the Japan National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.

Surrounding area

• National Route 101
• Fukaura Town office Ōdose branch office
• Kitakanegasawa Post office

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)

References

• Endo, Isao (2006). 五能線物語 「奇跡のローカル線」を生んだ最強の現場力 (Gono-sen Monogatari) (in Japanese). PHP研究所. ISBN 4569830099.
• 五能線ガイドブック (Gono-sen Guidebook) (in Japanese). 無明舎出版. 2002. ISBN 4895443078.