Tsugaru-Shinjō Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 津軽新城駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 376 Yamada, Shinjō, Aomori-shi, Aomori-ken 038-0042 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Ōu Main Line |
Distance: | 478.8 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Opened: | 1 December 1894 |
Former: | Shinjō (until 1915) |
Passengers: | 365 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
Map Type: | Japan Aomori Prefecture#Japan |
is a railway station located in the city of Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Tsugaru-Shinjō Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 478.8 km from the southern terminus of the Ōu Main Line at .
The station has one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Note: Track 3 is used primarily for freight trains changing direction.
Tsugaru-Shinjō Station was opened on 1 December 1894 as on the Japanese Government Railway, the predecessor to the Japan National Railways (JNR). It took its present name on 11 September 1915. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 365 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]