Naka-Oguni Station

Naka-Oguni Station (中小国駅, Naka-Oguni-eki) is a railway station on the Tsugaru Line in the town of Sotogahama, Aomori, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Naka-Oguni Station

中小国駅
Naka-Oguni Station in September 2008
General information
LocationKanita Oguni Minamida, Sotogahama-machi, Higashitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 030-1305
Japan
Coordinates41°03′07.95″N 140°35′46.40″E
Operated byLogo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East
Line(s)     Tsugaru Line
Distance31.4 km (19.5 mi) from Aomori
Platforms1 side platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened21 October 1958 (21 October 1958)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Ōdai
towards Minmaya
Tsugaru Line Kanita
towards Aomori
Former services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
through to JR Hokkaido Tsugaru-Kaikyo Line Kanita
towards Aomori
Preceding station The logo of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). JR Hokkaido Following station
Tsugaru-Imabetsu
towards Hakodate
Tsugaru-Kaikyo Line through to JR East Line
Tsugaru-Imabetsu
towards Kikonai
Kaikyo Line Terminus
Location
Naka-Oguni Station is located in Aomori Prefecture
Naka-Oguni Station
Naka-Oguni Station
Location within Aomori Prefecture
Naka-Oguni Station is located in Japan
Naka-Oguni Station
Naka-Oguni Station
Naka-Oguni Station (Japan)

Lines

Naka-Oguni Station is served by the JR East Tsugaru Line and is 31.4 km from the southern terminus of the line at Aomori Station.

Station layout

Naka-Oguni Station has one side platform serving a single bidirectional track. The station is unattended.

History

The station opened on October 21, 1958, as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. With the opening of the Tsugaru Kaikyō Line on March 13, 1988, operation of the station was shared between JR East and JR Hokkaido, and the station was regarded as the southern starting point of the Tsugaru Kaikyō Line for the determination of railway fares, although no trains of Kaikyō Line stopped at the station, and the effective southern terminus for all Tsugaru Kaikyō Line trains was at Aomori Station. Services on the Tsugaru Kaikyō ceased on March 26, 2016 when the Hokkaido Shinkansen opened and replaced regular passenger services connecting Aomori and Hakodate.

Surrounding area

Shinnakaoguni Junction

Shin-Naka-Oguni Junction (新中小国信号場, Shin-Nakaoguni Shingōjō) is located 2.3 km north of Naka-Oguni, between Naka-Oguni and Ōdai / Tsugaru-Imabetsu. Up until this point, the Tsugaru Line and Kaikyō Line shared the same tracks from Aomori Station. The junction also marks the border between the electrified portion of the Tsugaru Line (Aomori to Naka-Oguni) and the non-electrified portion (Naka-Oguni to Minmaya), as well as the border between JR East and JR Hokkaido. Also, The Hokkaido Shinkansen tracks from Shin-Aomori Station merge with the Kaikyō Line tracks immediately north of the Junction.

See also

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