Tsugaru-Futamata Station

Tsugaru-Futamata Station (津軽二股駅, Tsugaru-Futamata-eki) is a railway station on the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Tsugaru Line located in the town of Imabetsu, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Tsugaru-Futamata Station 津軽二股駅
Tsugaru-Futamata Station in August 2008
Location	87-2 Ōkawadai Kiyokawa, Imabetsu-machi, Higashitsugaru-gun, [Aomori-ken 030-1505 Japan
Coordinates	41°08′45.25″N 140°30′51.24″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Tsugaru Line
Distance	46.6 km from Aomori
Platforms	1 side platform
Connections	JR Hokkaido: Okutsugaru-Imabetsu
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	October 21, 1958
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Ōkawadai toward Minmaya Tsugaru Line Ōdai toward Aomori
Location
Tsugaru-Futamata Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Tsugaru-Futamata Station Tsugaru-Futamata Station (Japan)

Lines

Tsugaru-Futamata Station is served by the Tsugaru Line, and is located 46.6 km from the starting point of the line at Aomori.

Station layout

Tsugaru-Futamata Station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended. The station building also doubles as Michi-no-eki Imabetsu serving vehicular traffic.

History

Tsugaru-Futamata Station was opened on October 21, 1958 as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were discontinued from October 20, 1968. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.

Surrounding area

The station is next to the Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station of the Hokkaido Shinkansen (which runs immediately adjacent and parallel to Tsugaru-Futamata). Prior to the opening of Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station, there was the Tsugaru-Imabetsu Station on the Kaikyō Line at the same location, which was connected by a stairway.

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

External links

Media related to Tsugaru-Futamata Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)