Kizukuri Station

Railway station in Tsugaru, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

40°48′08.89″N 140°23′17.20″E / 40.8024694°N 140.3881111°E / 40.8024694; 140.3881111Operated by

JR EastLine(s) Gonō LineDistance119.5 km (74.3 mi) from Higashi-NoshiroPlatforms1 side platformTracks1ConstructionStructure typeAt gradeOther informationStatusStaffedWebsiteOfficial website (in Japanese)HistoryOpened21 October 1924; 99 years ago (1924-10-21)PassengersFY2021167 (Daily) Services

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Nakata towards Higashi-Noshiro		Gonō Line Rapid		Goshogawara One-way operation
Nakata towards Higashi-Noshiro		Gonō Line Local		Goshogawara towards Hirosaki

Location
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Kizukuri Station (木造駅, Kizukuri-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Tsugaru, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station is a kan'i itaku station, administered by Goshogawara Station, and operated by Tsugaru municipal authority, with point-of-sales terminal installed. Ordinary tickets, express tickets, and reserved-seat tickets for all JR lines are on sale (no connecting tickets).

Lines

Kizukuri Station is served by the Gonō Line. It is 119.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro.

Station layout

Kizukuri Station has one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station building is attended during normal daylight operating hours.

History

Kizukuri Station was opened on October 21, 1924 as a station on the Mutsu Railway in former Kizukuri Town, and became a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) when the Mutsu Railway was nationalized on June 1, 1927. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (successor of JGR) on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. The current station building, decorated with a huge shakōkidogū statue on its facade, was completed in 1992.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 212 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

National Route 101
Tsugaru Police station
Kizukuri Post Office
Tsugaru City Hall

Gallery

Station structure, August 2012

References

^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 1 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.