Kizukuri Station Explained

Kizukuri Station
Style:JR East
Native Name:木造駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:10 Kizukuri Fusamatsu, Tsugaru City, Aomori Prefecture 038-3158
Country:Japan
Coordinates:40.8025°N 140.3881°W
Distance: from
Platforms:1 side platform
Tracks:1
Structure:At grade
Status:Staffed
Passengers:167 (Daily)
Pass Year:FY2021
Map Type:Japan Aomori Prefecture#Japan Tohoku#Japan

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).

Lines

Kizukuri Station is served by the Gonō Line. It is 119.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at .

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

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2016_08.html. ja: 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度). Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016). 2017. East Japan Railway Company. Japan. Japanese. 1 January 2018.