Tsugaru-Futamata Station

Tsugaru-Futamata
津軽二股
Location Ōkawadai Kiyokawa 87-2, Imabetsu, Higashitsugaru, Aomori
(青森県東津軽郡今別町大字大字大川平字清川87-2)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Tsugaru Line
History
Opened 1958

Tsugaru-Futamata Station (津軽二股駅 Tsugaru-Futamata-eki) is a railway station on the JR East Tsugaru Line located in the town of Imabetsu, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is 46.6 rail kilometres from the southern terminus of the Tsugaru Line at Aomori Station.

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.

Lines

Station layout

Tsugaru-Futamata Station has a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The unattended station building is managed from Kanita Station. The station building also doubles as Michi-no-eki Imabetsu serving vehicular traffic.

Surrounding area

Tsugaru-Futamata and Tsugaru-Imabetsu

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

Adjacent stations

Service
Tsugaru Line
Ōdai   Local   Ōkawadai

See also

Coordinates: 41°08′45.25″N 140°30′51.24″E / 41.1459028°N 140.5142333°E / 41.1459028; 140.5142333

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