Minmaya Station
Minmaya Station 三厩駅 | |||||||||||
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 Station building (August 2020) | |||||||||||
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| Location | 299 Minmaya Higashicho, Sotogahama-machi. Higashitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 030-1737 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°11′07.45″N 140°26′40.14″E / 41.1854028°N 140.4444833°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Tsugaru Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 55.8km from Aomori | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
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| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | October 21, 1958[1] | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2018 | 25[2] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Minmaya Station (三厩駅, Minmaya-eki) is the northern terminal railway station on the JR East Tsugaru Line located in the town of Sotogahama, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
Lines
[edit]Minmaya Station is a terminal station on the Tsugaru Line, and is located 55.8 kilometres (34.7 mi) from the opposing terminal of the line at Aomori. As of August 2022 service has been suspended due to damage caused by heavy rainfall, and there are no plans to restore service.[3]
Station layout
[edit]Minmaya Station has one island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing; however, one side of the platform is not in use.
Platforms
[edit]| ■ Tsugaru Line | for Kanita and Aomori |
History
[edit]Minmaya Station was opened on October 21, 1958 as Miumaya Station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. It officially adopted the present pronunciation of its name on March 16, 1991.[1] The station became unmanned on June 1, 2019.[4]
Surrounding area
[edit]National Route 280
National Route 339
- former Minmaya Village Hall
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 25 passengers daily.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b 週刊 JR全駅・全車両基地 31号 青森駅・弘前駅・深浦駅ほか. 朝日新聞出版. 2013. p. 23.
- ^ a b 各駅の乗車人員（2018年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Train Status Information | JR-EAST". JR-EAST - East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ^ "青森）津軽半島最北の駅が無人に 駅長さん、有終の一日：朝日新聞デジタル". 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-09-18.
External links
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- Official website (in Japanese)
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