Mutsu-Morita Station

Mutsu-Morita Station (陸奥森田駅, Mutsu-Morita-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).

Mutsu-Morita Station 陸奥森田駅
Mutsu-Morita Station in September 2019
Location	Tokomai Midorino 11, Morita-chō, Tsugaru-shi, Aomori-ken 038-2817 Japan
Coordinates	40°46′54.32″N 140°20′20.35″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Gonō Line
Distance	114.5 kilometers from Higashi-Noshiro
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1544
History
Opened	November 11, 1924
Passengers
FY2016	80 (daily)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Koshimizu toward Higashi-Noshiro Gono Line Rapid Nakata One-way operation Gono Line Local Nakata toward Hirosaki
Location
Mutsu-Morita Station Location within Japan

Lines

Mutsu-Morita Station is served by the Gonō Line. It is 114.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro.

Station layout

Mutsu-Morita Station has a dual opposed ground-level side platforms, but one platform is not in use, and the other serves bi-directional traffic. The station building is attended during normal daylight operating hours.

Platforms

1	■ Gonō Line	For Goshogawara, Ajigasawa and Fukaura For Kawabe, Hirosaki and Aomori
2	■ Gonō Line	not in use

History

Mutsu-Morita Station was opened on November 11, 1924 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) in former Morita Village. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (successor of JGR) on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 80 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

• National Route 101
• Morita Post office

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.

1. 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.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)