Mutsu-Yokohama Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 陸奥横浜駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Symbol Location: | jp |
Symbol: | jre |
Address: | Tatenoshiro 21, Yokohama-machi, Kamikita-gun, Aomori-ken 039-4133 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 41.0867°N 141.2499°W |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Ōminato Line |
Distance: | 30.1 km from |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 2 |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Unattended |
Opened: | 20 March 1921 |
Passengers: | 70 (daily) |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
Map Type: | Japan Aomori Prefecture#Japan |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a railway station in the town of Yokohama, Kamikita District, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1] [2]
Mutsu-Yokohama Station is served by the Ōminato Line, and is located 30.1 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Noheji Station.[2] It is also served by the Shimokita express train service connecting with
The station has a single unnumbered island platform serving two tracks, with a small spur line for trains to be taken off the main rails for maintenance. The platform is connected to the small station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.[2] [1]
Mutsu-Yokohama Station was opened on March 20, 1921 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). All freight operations were discontinued as of March 15, 1973.[3] With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 70 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
Mutsu-Yokohama Station was the setting of episode 18 and the final episode of the TV anime series Clannad-After Story broadcast from 2008 to 2009. The series also featured the rapeseed fields of Yokohama, and continues to draw fans to the station.