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).

Kizukuri Station 木造駅
Kizukuri Station in April 2008
General information
Location	Kizukuri Fusamatsu 10, Tsugaru-shi, Aomori-ken 038-3158 Japan
Coordinates	40°48′08.89″N 140°23′17.20″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Gonō Line
Distance	119.5 kilometers from Higashi-Noshiro
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website (in Japanese)
History
Opened	October 21, 1924
Passengers
FY2016	212
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Nakata towards Higashi-Noshiro Gono Line Rapid Goshogawara One-way operation Gono Line Local Goshogawara towards Hirosaki
Location
Kizukuri Station Location within Japan

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

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

• 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.

External links

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• Official website (in Japanese)

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