Mutsuminato Station
Railway station in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
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Mutsuminato Station (陸奥湊駅, Mutsuminato-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1][2]
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JR EastMutsuminato Station 陸奥湊駅  | |||||||||||
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Mutsuminato Station north entrance in 2022 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 44-1 Minato-cho Kubo, Hachinohe-shi, Aomori-ken 031-0812 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°31′23.88″N 141°31′39.75″E | ||||||||||
| Operator | JR East | ||||||||||
| Line | ■ Hachinohe Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 9.0 km from Hachinohe | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed station (Automatic ticket vending machine installation) | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 11 July 1925 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2018 | 134 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
Mutsuminato Station is served by the Hachinohe Line, and is 9.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Hachinohe Station.[2]
Station layout
The station has one ground-level island platform serving two tracks, with an elevated station building. The station is unattended and has an automated ticket machines.[2][1]
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Hachinohe Line | for Same, Taneichi, and Kuji |
| 2 | ■ Hachinohe Line | for Hachinohe |
South exit
Platform
History
Mutsuminato Station opened on July 11, 1926, as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). A freight spur line to nearby Iwaki Cement (now part of Sumitomo Cement) was opened in 1927; the spur line was closed in 1986.[citation needed] With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR, the post-war successor to the JGR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 134 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
