Jūniko Station

Jūniko Station (十二湖駅, Jūniko-eki) is a railway station located in the town of Fukaura, Aomori Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Jūniko Station 十二湖駅
Jūniko Station in September 2019
General information
Location	Matsugami Shimo-Hamamatsu 32, Fukaura-machi, Nishitsugaru-gun Aomori-ken 038-2206 Japan
Coordinates	40°33′05.63″N 139°56′31.01″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Gonō Line
Distance	46.6 km from Higashi-Noshiro
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website (in Japanese)
History
Opened	September 15, 1959
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Iwadate towards Higashi-Noshiro Gonō Line Rapid WeSPa-Tsubakiyama One-way operation Matsukami towards Higashi-Noshiro Gonō Line Local Mutsu-Iwasaki towards Hirosaki
Location Jūniko Station Location within Japan

Lines

Jūniko Station is a station on the Gonō Line, and is located 46.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro.

Station layout

Jūniko Station has one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended, and is managed from Goshogawara Station. The current station building was built by former Iwasaki Village to encourage tourism to the Jūniko Lakes.

History

Jūniko Station was opened on September 15, 1959 as the Jūniko Signal Stop. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East, and was elevated in status to that of a full station; however, initially only the Rapid Resort Shirakami stopped at the station. As of February 1, 1988 all normal local trains began to serve the station. The station building was completed on March 19, 2005.

Surrounding area

• National Route 101
• Jūniko Lakes in the Tsugaru Quasi-National Park.

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

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.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)