Mutsuminato Station

Mutsuminato Station

陸奥湊駅
East Japan Railway Company
Mutsuminato Station north entrance in 2022
General information
Location44-1 Minato-cho Kubo, Hachinohe-shi, Aomori-ken 031-0812
Japan
Coordinates40°31′23.88″N 141°31′39.75″E / 40.5233000°N 141.5277083°E / 40.5233000; 141.5277083
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Hachinohe Line
Distance9.0 km from Hachinohe
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
StatusUnmanned station (Automatic ticket vending machine installation)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened11 July 1925 (1925-07-11)
Passengers
FY2018134 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Konakano
towards Hachinohe
 Hachinohe Line Shirogane
towards Kuji
Location
Mutsuminato Station is located in Aomori Prefecture
Mutsuminato Station
Mutsuminato Station
Location within Aomori Prefecture
Mutsuminato Station is located in Japan
Mutsuminato Station
Mutsuminato Station
Mutsuminato Station (Japan)
Map

Mutsuminato Station (陸奥湊駅, Mutsuminato-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1][2]

Lines

Mutsuminato Station is served by the Hachinohe Line, and is 9.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Hachinohe Station.[2]

Station layout

The station has one ground-level island platform serving two tracks, with an elevated station building. The station is unattended and has a automated ticket machines.[2][1]

Platforms

1 ■ Hachinohe Line for Same, Taneichi, and Kuji
2 ■ Hachinohe Line for Hachinohe
  • South exit
    South exit
  • Platform
    Platform

History

Mutsuminato Station opened on July 11, 1926 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). A freight spur line to nearby Iwaki Cement (now part of Sumitomo Cement) was opened in 1927; the spur line was closed in 1986.[citation needed] With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR, the post-war successor to the JGR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 134 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "陸奥湊駅" [Mutsuminato Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Kawashima, Ryōzō (2015). 図説: 日本の鉄道 東北ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第8巻 岩手 青森 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated.Tohoku Area. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 8 Iwate Aomori area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 4062951754.
  3. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

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