Mutsu-Ichikawa Station

Mutsu-Ichikawa Station (陸奥市川駅, Mutsu Ichikawa-eki) is a railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line in the city of Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company.

Mutsu-Ichikawa Station

陸奥市川駅
Regional rail station
Mutsu-Ichikawa Station in June 2011
General information
LocationIchikawamachi, Hachinohe-shi, Aomori-ken 039-2241
Japan
Coordinates40°33′47.65″N 141°26′21.51″E / 40.5632361°N 141.4393083°E / 40.5632361; 141.4393083
Operated by Aoimori Railway
Line(s) Aoimori Railway Line
Distance32.8 km from Metoki
Platforms1 island + 1 side platform
Tracks3
ConnectionsBus stop
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedNovember 11, 1944
Services
Preceding station Aoimori Railway Following station
Hachinohe
towards Metoki
Aoimori Railway Line Shimoda
towards Aomori
Location
Mutsu-Ichikawa Station is located in Aomori Prefecture
Mutsu-Ichikawa Station
Mutsu-Ichikawa Station
Location within Aomori Prefecture
Mutsu-Ichikawa Station is located in Japan
Mutsu-Ichikawa Station
Mutsu-Ichikawa Station
Mutsu-Ichikawa Station (Japan)
Platforms of Mutsu-Ichikawa Station

Lines edit

Mutsu-Ichikawa Station is served by the Aoimori Railway Line, and is 32.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Metoki Station. It is 650.1 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station layout edit

Mutsu Ichikawa Station has a one ground-level island platform and one ground-level side platform serving three tracks connected to the station building by a footbridge. However, only tracks 1 and 3 are in use, and the rails for track 2 have been pulled up, giving the station an effective structure of two opposed side platforms. The small station building is unmanned.

Platforms edit

1  Aoimori Railway Line for Sannohe and Hachinohe
3  Aoimori Railway Line for Misawa, Noheji and Aomori

History edit

Mutsu-Ichikawa Station was opened on November 5, 1926 as the Todoroki Signal (轟信号場, Todoroki shingōjō) on the Tōhoku Main Line. It was elevated in status to a full station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the pre-war predecessor to the Japan National Railways (JNR), on November 11, 1944 and given its present name at the same time. Regularly scheduled freight services were discontinued in October 1971, and the station has been managed from Hachinohe Station since February 1985. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

The section of the Tōhoku Main Line including this station was transferred to Aoimori Railway on December 4, 2010. The station has been unattended since 1999.

Surrounding area edit

See also edit

References edit

  • JTB Timetable December 2010 issue

External links edit