Kitatakaiwa Station

Location
	Kitatakaiwa Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Kitatakaiwa Station Kitatakaiwa Station (Japan)

Kitatakaiwa Station

北高岩きたたかいわ駅えき
Kitatakaiwa Station; 北高岩きたたかいわ駅えき
Regional rail station
	Kitatakaiwa Station in September 2023
General information
Location	Ueno-Takaiwa, Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture 039-1108; Japan
Coordinates	40°28′31″N 141°24′21″E / 40.475381°N 141.405819°E
Operated by	Aoimori Railway
Line(s)	■ Aoimori Railway Line
Distance	21.0 km from Metoki
Platforms	1 island + 1 side platform
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	10 August 1923
Services
Location
Location
	Kitatakaiwa Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Kitatakaiwa Station Kitatakaiwa Station (Japan)

Kitatakaiwa Station (北高岩きたたかいわ駅えき, Kitatakaiwa-eki) is a railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line in the city of Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company.

Location

Kitatakaiwa Station is served by the Aoimori Railway Line, and is 21.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Metoki Station. It is 638.3 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Surrounding area

History

Kitatakaiwa Station was opened on 10 August 1923 as a station of the Tōhoku Main Line on the Japan National Railways (JNR). Freight operations were discontinued from April 1962. The station has been unattended since May 1980. With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, it came under the operational control of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It came under the control of the Aoimori Railway Company on 1 December 2002.^[1]

Station layout

Kitatakaiwa Station has a one ground-level island platform and one ground-level side platform serving three tracks connected to the station building by a footbridge. However, only tracks 1 and 3 are in use, and track 2 is used as a siding. The station building is not staffed.^[2]

Platforms

1	■ Aoimori Railway Line	for Hachinohe and Aomori
2	■ Aoimori Railway Line	(siding)
3	■ Aoimori Railway Line	for Sannohe and Morioka

References

^ "青あおい森もり鉄道てつどう線せんについて" [About the Aoimori Railway Line] (in Japanese). Aoimori Railway Company. 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
^ "北高岩きたたかいわ駅えき" [Kitatakaiwa Station] (in Japanese). Aoimori Railway Company. 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

[about-1] "青あおい森もり鉄道てつどう線せんについて" [About the Aoimori Railway Line] (in Japanese). Aoimori Railway Company. 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

[2] "北高岩きたたかいわ駅えき" [Kitatakaiwa Station] (in Japanese). Aoimori Railway Company. 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

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