Misawa Station

Misawa Station (三沢駅, Misawa-eki) is a railway station and major stop along the Aoimori Railway Line in the city of Misawa in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company.

Misawa Station

三沢駅
Misawa Station in July 2012
LocationInuotose Furumagi 51-7, Misawa-shi, Aomori-ken 033-0000
Japan
Coordinates40°40′07.82″N 141°21′13.11″E
Operated by Aoimori Railway
Line(s)■ Aoimori Railway Line
Distance46.9 km from Aomori
Platforms1 side + 1 island platforms
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 September 1894
Previous namesFurumaki (until 1961)
Location
Misawa Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Misawa Station is one of six principal stations served by the Aoimori Railway Line,[1] and is 46.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Aomori Station. It is 664.2 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Misawa Station has one ground-level island platform and one ground-level side platform serving three tracks with an elevated station building built over the tracks. The station is staffed The station building has a ticket office, as well as automatic ticket machines.

Platforms
1 ■ Aoimori Railway Line For Noheji and Aomori
2 ■ Aoimori Railway Line For Hachinohe
3 ■ Aoimori Railway Line (siding)

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Aoimori Railway Line
Noheji   Rapid Shimokita   Hachinohe
Mukaiyama   -   Kogawara

History

Misawa Station was opened on 1 April 1896 as the Furumaki Station (古間木駅, Furumaki-eki) on the Nippon Railway. It became a station on the Tōhoku Main Line of Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the pre-war predecessor to the Japanese National Railways (JNR), when the Nippon Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1906. On 4 September 1922 it became a joint station, when the Towada Railway (present-day Towada Kankō Electric Railway, also known as Tōtetsu) connected Furumaki with Towadashi Station. The Tōtetsu Furumaki Station was relocated 120 meters away on 1 October 1926 and a new station building was completed on 1 January 1959. The Tōtetsu station was renamed Misawa Station on 1 March 1961 and the JNR station followed on 20 March of the same year. With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the JNR Misawa Station came under the operational control of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight). Freight services were discontinued in June 2006. The control of the Tōhoku Main Line (between Hachinohe and Aomori) was transferred to Aoimori Railway on 4 December 2010, the day the Tōhoku Shinkansen was extended to Shin-Aomori. On 1 April 2012 Towada Kankō Electric Railway discontinued its railway business.[2]

Until the operational change in 2010, the JR station was served by the limited express trains Tsugaru, Hakuchō and Super Hakuchō.

Surrounding area
  • Aomori Prefectural Misawa Commercial High School
  • Komaki Onsen
  • Misawa Station Post Office

See also
  • JR tracks and platforms from pedestrian bridge.
  • JR East Hakuchō limited express departing northbound from the Misawa train station.
  • Tōtetsu train leaves Misawa station
  • Ticket inspector on Tōtetsu platform (October 2005)

References
  1. "Aoimori Railway Line Route and Fares" (pdf). September 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  2. 十和田観光電鉄線：惜別　歴史刻み廃止　運行８９年、三沢駅で式典　／青森 (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. April 1, 2012. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
  • JTB Timetable December 2010 issue
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