Goshogawara Station

Goshogawara Station
五所川原駅

Goshogawara Station
Location Goshogawara, Aomori
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
Connections
  • Bus stop

Goshogawara Station (五所川原駅 Goshogawara-eki) is a railway station on the Gonō Line and Tsugaru Railway Line in Goshogawara, Aomori, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Tsugaru Railway Company.

Lines

Goshogawara Station is served by the JR East Gonō Line and forms the terminus of the Tsugaru Railway Line. It is located 125.7 km from the southern terminus of the Gonō Line at Higashi-Noshiro Station.

Station layout

Goshogawara Station has a single side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. The JR Gono Line uses the side platform and half of the island platform, while the Tsugaru Line uses the other half of the island platform. The station building has a staffed Midori no Madoguchi ticket office. The exterior of the JR East station structure was rebuilt in 2013, reopening on 1 August 2013.[1]

JR East

Goshogawara Station
五所川原駅
JR East station

JR East station
Location 38 Omachi, Goshogawara, Aomori
（青森県五所川原市字大町38）
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Gonō Line
History
Opened 1918
Traffic
Passengers (FY2012) 894 daily

Platforms

1 ■ Gono Line for Ajigasawa and Fukaura
■ Gono Line for Hirosaki and Aomori (trains starting here)
2 ■ Gono Line for Hirosaki and Aomori

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Gonō Line
Kizukuri   Rapid Fukaura   Mutsu-Tsuruda
Kizukuri Local Mutsu-Tsuruda

Tsugaru Railway

Tsugaru-Goshogawara Station
津軽五所川原駅
Tsugaru Railway station

Tsugaru Railway station
Location 7-5 Omachi, Goshogawara, Aomori
（青森県五所川原市字大町7-5）
Japan
Operated by Tsugaru Railway
Line(s) Tsugaru Railway Line
History
Opened 1930
Previous names Goshogawara (until 1956)

Platforms

3 ■ Tsugaru Railway Line for Kanagi and Tsugaru-Nakasato

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Tsugaru Railway Line
Terminus Local Togawa

History

Goshogawara Station opened on September 25, 1918,[2] as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR) Goshogawara Line. On June 1, 1927, the Goshogawara Line was joined with the newly nationalized Mutsu Railway. The Tsugaru Railway Line began operations from Goshogawara on July 15, 1930.[3] On July 10, 1956, the Tsugaru Railway portion of the station was officially renamed Tsugaru-Goshogawara Station (津軽五所川原駅), to distinguish it from the JNR portion.[3] With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the JNR portion came under the operational control of JR East.

Bus services

Goshogawara Station is served by the following bus services, operated by Kōnan Bus.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2012, the JR East station was used by an average of 894 passengers daily (boarding passengers only)[4] The passenger figures for the JR East station in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 1,228[5]
2005 909[6]
2010 863[7]
2011 899[8]
2012 894[4]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ↑ 五能線五所川原駅，外観をリニューアル [Goshigawara Station exterior rebuilt]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  2. ↑ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 131. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  3. 1 2 Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 196. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  4. 1 2 各駅の乗車人員　（2012年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  5. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  6. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  7. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2010年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  8. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2011年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 3 August 2013.

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