Tanesashi-Kaigan Station

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Railway station in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Mutsu-Shirahama towards Hachinohe		Hachinohe Line		Ōkuki towards Kuji

Location
Tanesashi-Kaigan Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Show map of Aomori Prefecture Tanesashi-Kaigan Station Tanesashi-Kaigan Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Tanesashi-Kaigan Station (種差海岸駅, Tanesashi-Kaigan-eki) is a railway station on the Hachinohe Line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in the city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Tanesashi-Kaigan Station is served by the Hachinohe Line, and is 19.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Hachinohe Station.

Station layout

The station has a single ground-level side platform serving one bi-directional track. The station is unattended.^{[citation needed]}

History

Tanesashi-Kaigan Station opened on November 10, 1924 as Tanesashi Station (種差駅) on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), which became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. All freight operations were discontinued as of October 1, 1962.^{[citation needed]} The station has been unattended since November 16, 1982.^{[citation needed]} With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. It was renamed Tanesashi-Kaigan Station on December 1, 2002.