Koyanagi Station
Koyanagi Station (小柳駅, Koyanagi-eki) is a railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line is a railway station in the city of Aomori in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company.
Koyanagi Station 小柳駅 | |||||||||||
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 Koyanagi Station as seen from the north in April 2021 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Koyanagi 4-chōme, Aomori, Aomori Prefecture 030-0915 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°49′5.6″N 140°47′53.3″E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Aoimori Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Aoimori Railway Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 114.7 km from Metoki | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 November 1986 | ||||||||||
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| 1,085 daily boardings (2018) | |||||||||||
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  Koyanagi Station Location within Aomori Prefecture  Koyanagi Station Koyanagi Station (Japan) | |||||||||||
Location
Koyanagi Station is served by the Aoimori Railway Line, and is 114.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Metoki Station. It is 732.0 kilometers from Tokyo.
Surrounding area
- Koyanagi Elementary School
Station layout
Koyanagi Station has two unnumbered opposed side platforms, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
Platforms
| north | ■ Aoimori Railway Line | for Noheji, Misawa and Hachinohe |
| south | ■ Aoimori Railway Line | for Aomori |
History
Koyanagi Station was opened on 1 November 1986 as a station on the Japan National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, it came under the operational control of East Japan Railway Company (JR East). On 4 December 2010, the Tōhoku Shinkansen was successfully extended north to Shin-Aomori Station from Hachinohe.[1] As a result of the opening of the bullet train between the two stations, that section of the Tōhoku Main Line including this station was transferred to the Aoimori Railway Company from JR East on the same day.[2]
Services
Koyanagi Station is primarily served by trains operating on a local service on the Aoimori Railway Line between Aomori and Hachinohe. It is served by one rapid express train, the 560M train operated jointly by the Aoimori Railway and the Iwate Galaxy Railway between Aomori and Morioka. Passenger trains serve Koyanagi Station just over 17 hours a day from 5:51 am to 11:42 pm. At peak hours between the first train and 9:37 am, trains depart from the station roughly every 30 minutes; otherwise trains depart at an approximate hourly basis.[3] In 2018, a daily average of 1,085 passengers boarded trains at Koyanagi Station,[4] an increase from the daily average of 559 passengers the station served in 2011, the first year of its operation on the Aoimori Railway Line. In 2018, the station was the seventh busiest on the Aoimori Railway Line, excluding Aomori and Hachinohe stations. It is the fourth busiest along the rail line in the city of Aomori.[4]
Bus services
- Koyanagi-Danchi bus stop
- Aomori City Bus
- For Aomori Station via Oka-Tsukurimishi or Minami-Tsukuda
- For Tōbu-Eigyōsho via Harabetsu
- Aomori City Bus
See also
References
- "Tokyo-Aomori bullet train debuts". The Japan Times. Aomori. Kyodo. 5 December 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- "青い森鉄道線について" [About the Aoimori Railway Line] (in Japanese). Aoimori Railway Co.,Ltd. 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- "青い森鉄道列車時刻表" [Aoimori Railway Train Timetable] (PDF) (in Japanese). Aoimori Railway Co.,Ltd. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- "小柳駅（青い森鉄道）の乗降客数の統計" [Passenger statistics of Koyanagi Station]. statresearch (in Japanese). 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
External links
- Official website(in Japanese)