Kita-Tokiwa Station

Kita-Tokiwa Station 北常盤駅
Location
Prefecture	Aomori (See other stations in Aomori)
District	Minamitsugaru
Town	Fujisaki
Neighborhood etc.	Tokiwa-Nishida 4
Postal code	038 - 1214
(in Japanese)	青森県南津軽郡藤崎町大字常盤字二西田4
History
Year opened	1924
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East
Line(s)	Ōu Main Line

Kita-Tokiwa Station (北常盤駅, Kita-Tokiwa-eki) is a railway station on the JR East northern Ōu Main Line located in the town of Fujisaki, Aomori Prefecture Japan. It is 455.6 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Ōu Main Line at Fukushima Station.

History

Kita-Tokiwa Station was opened on December 20, 1924 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the pre-war predecessor to the Japan National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Ōu Main Line

Station layout

Kita-Tokiwa Station has a single side platform and an island platform, serving three tracks, connected to the station building by an overpass. The station is attended during normal working hours, and has a Green Window service counter.

Platforms

1	■Ōu Main Line	for Hirosaki and Akita
2	■Ōu Main Line	for Namioka and Aomori
3	■Ōu Main Line	(siding)

Note: Track 3 is used primarily for freight trains changing direction.

Station vicinity

• Aomori Shinkin Bank Tokiwa branch
• Mutsu Tokiwa Post Office (delivery and collection office)
• Tokiwa Taxi
• Hirosaki Police District Fujisaki Koban
• Fujisaki municipal Meitoku Junior High School

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Ōu Main Line
Kawabe		Local (各駅停車)		Namioka

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

• Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

External links

• JR East station information page (Japanese)
• Pictures of the remodeled station (in Japanese)