Kizukuri Station
Kizukuri Station 木造駅 | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Kizukuri Station in April 2008 | |||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | 10 Kizukuri Fusamatsu, Tsugaru City, Aomori Prefecture 038-3158 Japan | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°48′08.89″N 140°23′17.20″E / 40.8024694°N 140.3881111°E | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Gonō Line | ||||||||||||||
Distance | 119.5 km (74.3 mi) from Higashi-Noshiro | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||
Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||
Website | Official website (in Japanese) | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 21 October 1924 | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
FY2021 | 167 (Daily) | ||||||||||||||
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Kizukuri Station (木造駅, Kizukuri-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Tsugaru, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station is a kan'i itaku station, administered by Goshogawara Station, and operated by Tsugaru municipal authority, with point-of-sales terminal installed. Ordinary tickets, express tickets, and reserved-seat tickets for all JR lines are on sale (no connecting tickets).
Lines
[edit]Kizukuri Station is served by the Gonō Line. It is 119.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro.
Station layout
[edit]Kizukuri Station has one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station building is attended during normal daylight operating hours.
History
[edit]Kizukuri Station was opened on October 21, 1924 as a station on the Mutsu Railway in former Kizukuri Town, and became a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) when the Mutsu Railway was nationalized on June 1, 1927. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (successor of JGR) on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. The current station building, decorated with a huge shakōkidogū statue on its facade, was completed in 1992.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 212 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
[edit]National Route 101
- Tsugaru Police station
- Kizukuri Post Office
- Tsugaru City Hall
See also
[edit]Gallery
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Station structure, August 2012
References
[edit]- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- 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
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- Official website (in Japanese)