Mutsu-Sawabe Station

Mutsu-Sawabe Station 陸奥沢辺駅
Mutsu-Sawabe Station in August 2019
General information
Location	Sawabe, Fukaura-machi, Nishitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-2201 Japan
Coordinates	40°35′10.28″N 139°53′42.08″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Gonō Line
Distance	53.6 km from Higashi-Noshiro
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website (in Japanese)
History
Opened	July 30, 1932
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Mutsu-Iwasaki towards Higashi-Noshiro Gonō Line Local WeSPa-Tsubakiyama towards Hirosaki
Location
Mutsu-Sawabe Station Location within Japan

Mutsu-Sawabe Station (陸奥沢辺駅, Mutsu-Sawabe-eki) is a railway station located in the town of Fukaura, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Mutsu-Sawabe Station is a station on the Gonō Line, and is located 39.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro.

Station layout

Mutsu-Sawabe Station has one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended, and is managed from Fukaura Station. The station building is of identical design to that of Ōmagoshi and Higashi-Hachimori.

History

Mutsu-Sawabe Station was opened on July 30, 1932 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (successor of JGR) on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.

Surrounding area

• National Route 101

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)