Tachita Station

Tachita Station 館田駅
Location	Tachita Nakamaeda 98-4, Hirakawa, Aomori （青森県 平川市館田中前田９８－４） Japan
Operated by	Kōnan Railway
Line(s)	Kōnan Railway Kōnan Line
History
Opened	1927

Tachita Station (館田駅 Tachita-eki ) is a railway station on the Kōnan Railway Kōnan Line located in the city of Hirakawa, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is 5.2 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Hirosaki Station.

History

Tachita Station was opened on September 7, 1927. It became a kan'i itaku station in October 1974. Freight operations were discontinued in 1984. On August 28, 1987, an accident occurred at Tachita station when a conductor started his train without waiting for the signal to turn, thus resulting in a head-on collision with an incoming train. The station has been unattended since April 2006.

Lines

• Kōnan Railway
  • Kōnan Railway Kōnan Line

Station layout

Tachita Station has a single island platform serving two tracks. The station building is unattended.

Platforms

1	■Kōnan Line	for Hirosaki
2	■Kōnan Line	for Kuroishi

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Nisato		Kōnan Railway Kōnan Line		Hiraka

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• Kōnan Railway home page (Japanese)
• Location map (Japanese)

Coordinates: 40°35′06.35″N 140°32′16.77″E / 40.5850972°N 140.5379917°E