Fukaura Station (深浦駅, Fukaura-eki) is a railway station on the Gono Line in the town of Fukaura, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Fukaura Station 深浦駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Fukaura Station in June 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Fukaura, Fukaura-machi, Nishitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-2324 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°39′00.86″N 139°55′45.74″E / 40.6502389°N 139.9293722°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Gonō Line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 66.9 km from Higashi-Noshiro | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | December 13, 1934 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2016 | 66 daily | |||||||||||||||
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Lines
editFukaura Station is served by the Gonō Line, and is 66.9 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro.
Station layout
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Fukaura Station has a single ground-level island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Gonō Line | for Ajigasawa, Goshogawara, and Hirosaki |
| 2 | ■ Gonō Line | for Iwadate and Higashi-Noshiro |
History
editFukaura Station was opened on December 13, 1934, as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 66 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
edit- Fukaura town hall
- Fukaura Post Office
- Fukaura Port
- Fukaura Junior High School
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- 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
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- Official website (in Japanese)