Ajigasawa Station

Ajigasawa Station

鰺ヶ沢駅
Ajigasawa Station; 鰺ヶ沢駅
	Ajigasawa Station in September 2019
General information
Location	Maito-machi Shimotomita 36, Ajigasawa-machi, Nishitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-2761; Japan
Coordinates	40°46′31″N 140°13′15″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Gonō Line
Distance	103.8 kilometers from Higashi-Noshiro
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed ( Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=53
History
Opened	1925
Passengers
FY2016	317
Services
Location
	Ajigasawa Station Location within Japan

Ajigasawa Station (鰺ヶ沢駅, Ajigasawa-eki) is a railway station located in the town of Ajigasawa, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Station platform, 2012.

Lines

Ajigasawa Station is served by the Gonō Line. It is 103.8 kilometers from the terminus of the Line at Higashi-Noshiro.

Station layout

Ajigasawa Station has dual opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Gonō Line	For Goshogawara, Hirosaki and Aomori
2	■ Gonō Line	Fukaura and Higashi-Noshiro

Bus services

Kōnan bus
- For Fukaura via Kita-Kanegasawa and Ōdose
- For Hirosaki Station via Tokoshinai
- For Goshogawara Bus office via Morita, Kizukuri and Goshogawara Station
- For Kuromori

History

Ajigasawa Station was opened on May 15, 1925, as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (successor of JGR) on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. A new station building was completed in 1991. From April 1, 2003, it has been a kan'i itaku station, administered by Goshogawara Station, and operated by Ajigasawa municipal authority, with point-of-sales terminal installed.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 317 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

Maito Post Office
National Route 101

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.

各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

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[jreast2016stats-1] 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.