Mutsu-Yanagita Station

Mutsu-Yanagita Station (陸奥柳田駅, Mutsu-Yanagita-eki) is a railway station located in the town of Fukaura, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Mutsu-Yanagita Station 陸奥柳田駅
Mutsu-Yanagita Station in September 2019
Location	Yanagita-Miyazaki, Fukaura-machi, Nishitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-250 Japan
Coordinates	40°44′26.44″N 140°7′24.12″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Gonō Line
Distance	93.3 km from Higashi-Noshiro
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website (in Japanese)
History
Opened	June 1, 1953
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Kita-Kanegasawa toward Higashi-Noshiro Gono Line Local Mutsu-Akaishi toward Hirosaki
Location
Mutsu-Yanagita Station Location within Japan

Lines

Mutsu-Yanagita Station is a station on the Gonō Line, and is located 93.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro.

Station layout

Mutsu-Yanagita Station has one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended and is managed from Goshogawara Station. There is no station building.

History

Mutsu-Yanagita Station was opened on June 1, 1953 as a station on the Japan National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.

Surrounding area

• National Route 101

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.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)