Mutsuminato Station

Railway station in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

40°31′23.88″N 141°31′39.75″E / 40.5233000°N 141.5277083°E / 40.5233000; 141.5277083Operated by

JR EastLine(s)■ Hachinohe LineDistance9.0 km from HachinohePlatforms1 island platformTracks2ConstructionStructure typeElevatedOther informationStatusUnmanned station (Automatic ticket vending machine installation)WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened11 July 1925 (1925-07-11)PassengersFY2018134 daily Services

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Konakano towards Hachinohe		Hachinohe Line		Shirogane towards Kuji

Location
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Mutsuminato Station (陸奥湊駅, Mutsuminato-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).^[1]^[2]

Lines

Mutsuminato Station is served by the Hachinohe Line, and is 9.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Hachinohe Station.^[2]

Station layout

The station has one ground-level island platform serving two tracks, with an elevated station building. The station is unattended and has a automated ticket machines.^[2]^[1]

Platforms

1	■ Hachinohe Line	for Same, Taneichi, and Kuji
2	■ Hachinohe Line	for Hachinohe

South exit
Platform

History

Mutsuminato Station opened on July 11, 1926 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). A freight spur line to nearby Iwaki Cement (now part of Sumitomo Cement) was opened in 1927; the spur line was closed in 1986.^{[citation needed]} With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR, the post-war successor to the JGR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 134 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

Surrounding area

Port of Hachinohe

References

^ ^a ^b "陸奥湊駅" [Mutsuminato Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kawashima, Ryōzō (2015). 図説: 日本の鉄道東北ライン全線・全駅・全配線・第8巻岩手青森エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated.Tohoku Area. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 8 Iwate Aomori area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 4062951754.
^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.