Ushirogata Station (後潟駅, Ushirogata-eki) is a railway station on the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Tsugaru Line located in the city of Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
Ushirogata Station 後潟駅 | |||||||||||
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Ushirogata Station in May 2013 | |||||||||||
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Location | Rokumaibashi, Aomori-shi, Aomori-ken 030-1271 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°55′53.47″N 140°39′45.84″E | ||||||||||
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Line(s) | ■ Tsugaru Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 14.7 km from Aomori | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
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Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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Opened | December 5, 1951 | ||||||||||
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Ushirogata Station is served by the Tsugaru Line, and is located 14.7 kilometres (9.1 mi) from the starting point of the line at Aomori.
Ushirogata Station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional traffic. The station is unattended. The short platform requires that trains longer than five carriages use a door cut system.
Ushirogata Station was opened on December 5, 1951 as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were discontinued from October 1968. On April 1, 1970, it became a kan'i itaku station, operated by the Japan Travel Bureau. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. It has been unattended since September 2009.
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