Kita-Tokiwa Station (北常盤駅, Kita-Tokiwa-eki) is a railway station in the town of Fujisaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Kita-Tokiwa Station 北常盤駅 | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Kita-Tokiwa Station in April 2008 | |||||||||||||||
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Location | Tokiwa, Fujisaki-machi, Minamitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-1214 Japan | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°40′14.29″N 140°32′37.33″E | ||||||||||||||
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Line(s) | ■ Ōu Main Line | ||||||||||||||
Distance | 456.6 km from Fukushima | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | ||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 20 December 1924 | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
FY2018 | 421 daily | ||||||||||||||
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Kita-Tokiwa Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 455.6 km from the southern terminus of the line at Fukushima.
The station has one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
1 | ■ Ōu Main Line | for Hirosaki and Akita |
2 | ■ Ōu Main Line | for Namioka and Aomori |
3 | ■ Ōu Main Line | (not normally used) |
Track 3 is used primarily for freight trains changing direction.
Kita-Tokiwa Station opened on 20 December 1924 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the pre-war predecessor to the Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 421 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
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Stations of the Ōu Main Line | |
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Fukushima to Shinjō (Yamagata Line) |
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Shinjō to Ōmagari | |
Ōmagari to Aomori (formerly Ōu North Line) |
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