Kita-Tokiwa Station

Location
	Kita-Tokiwa Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Kita-Tokiwa Station Kita-Tokiwa Station (Japan)

Kita-Tokiwa Station

北常盤駅
Kita-Tokiwa Station; 北常盤駅
	Kita-Tokiwa Station in April 2008
General information
Location	Tokiwa, Fujisaki-machi, Minamitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-1214; Japan
Coordinates	40°40′14.29″N 140°32′37.33″E / 40.6706361°N 140.5437028°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ōu Main Line
Distance	456.6 km from Fukushima
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	20 December 1924
Passengers
FY2018	421 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Kita-Tokiwa Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Kita-Tokiwa Station Kita-Tokiwa Station (Japan)

Kita-Tokiwa Station (北常盤駅, Kita-Tokiwa-eki) is a railway station in the town of Fujisaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kita-Tokiwa Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 455.6 km from the southern terminus of the line at Fukushima.

Station layout

The station has one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Ōu Main Line	for Hirosaki and Akita
2	■ Ōu Main Line	for Namioka and Aomori
3	■ Ōu Main Line	(not normally used)

Track 3 is used primarily for freight trains changing direction.

History

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

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 421 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

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

References

^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

[jreast2018stats-1] 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

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