Metoki Station

Metoki Station (目時駅, Metoki-eki) is a railway station in the town of Sannohe, Sannohe District, Aomori, Japan, operated by the third sector railway operators Aoimori Railway Company and Iwate Galaxy Railway Company.

Metoki Station

目時駅
Metoki Station in September 2012
LocationMetoki Muranaka, Sannohe-machi, Sannohe-gun, Aomori-ken 039-0113
Japan
Coordinates40°21′07″N 141°17′22″E
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedOctober 1, 1948
Passengers
FY2018423
Location
Metoki Station
Location within Aomori Prefecture
Metoki Station
Metoki Station (Japan)

Lines

Metoki Station is the southern terminus of the Aoimori Railway Line, and is 121.9 kilometers from the northern terminus of the line at Aomori Station. It is also the northern terminus of the Iwate Galaxy Railway Line, and is 82.0 kilometers from the southern terminus at Morioka Station. It is 622.8 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Metoki Station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station building is relatively large, but is unattended.

Platforms
1 ■ Aoimori Railway Line for Sannohe and Hachinohe
2 ■ Iwate Galaxy Railway Line for Ninohe and Morioka

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Aoimori Railway Line
Sannohe - thru to Iwate Ginga Railway
Iwate Ginga Railway Line
thru to Aoimori Railway - Kintaichi-Onsen

History

Metoki Station opened on December 20, 1924 as the Metoki Signal Stop on the Tōhoku Main Line on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). It was elevated to the status of a full station on October 1, 1948. Freight operations were discontinued from April 1962. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. It came under the joint control of the Aoimori Railway and the Iwate Galaxy Railway Company on December 1, 2002.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 423 passengers daily.[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  1. 平成30年度 駅別乗降人員(1日平均) [Fiscal 2018 Station passenger figures (daily average)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Iwate Galaxy Railway Company. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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