Suwanotaira Station (諏訪ノ平駅, Suwanotaira-eki) is a railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line in the town of Nanbu in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company.
Suwanotaira Station 諏訪ノ平駅 | |||||||||||
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Regional rail station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Tamagake, Nanbu-machi, Sannohe-gun, Aomori-ken 039-0101 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°24′54″N 141°18′17″E / 40.414922°N 141.304694°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | Aoimori Railway | ||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Aoimori Railway Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 9.5 km from Metoki | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | January 15, 1933 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Lines
editSuwanotaira Station is served by the Aoimori Railway Line, and is 9.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Metoki Station. It is 626.8 kilometers from Tokyo Station.
Station layout
editSuwanotaira Station has two ground-level opposed side platforms serving two tracks connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
Platforms
edit1 | ■ Aoimori Railway Line | for Hachinohe and Aomori |
3 | ■ Aoimori Railway Line | for Sannohe and Morioka |
History
editSuwanotaira Station was opened on January 15, 1933 as a station of the Tohoku Main Line on the Japan National Railways (JNR). Freight operations were discontinued from April 1962. The station has been unattended since October 1979. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. It came under the control of the Aoimori Railway Line on December 1, 2002.
Surrounding area
editSee also
editExternal links
edit- Official website (in Japanese)