Itayanagi Station

Railway station in Itayanagi, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

40°41′50.89″N 140°27′41.68″E / 40.6974694°N 140.4615778°E / 40.6974694; 140.4615778Operated by

JR EastLine(s)■ Gonō Line Distance138.9 kilometers from Higashi-NoshiroPlatforms1 island platformOther informationStatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi )Websitewww.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=134HistoryOpenedSeptember 25, 1918PassengersFY2016351 Services

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Tsurudomari towards Higashi-Noshiro		Gonō Line Rapid		Hayashizaki One-way operation
Tsurudomari towards Higashi-Noshiro		Gonō Line Local		Hayashizaki towards Hirosaki

Location
Itayanagi Station Location within Japan

Itayanagi Station (板柳駅, Itayanagi-eki) is a railway station located in the town of Itayanagi, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Itayanagi Station is served by the Gonō Line. It is 138.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro.

Station layout

Itayanagi Station has a single ground-level island platform, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Gonō Line	For Goshogawara, Ajigasawa and Fukaura
2	■ Gonō Line	For Kawabe, Hirosaki and Aomori

History

Itayanagi Station was opened on September 25, 1918 as a station on the Mutsu Railway. It became a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) when the Mutsu Railway was nationalized on June 1, 1927. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (successor to JGR) on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 351 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

National Route 339
Itayanagi town hall
Itayanagi Post Office
Itayanagi onsen

References

^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

Endo, Isao (2006). 五能線物語「奇跡のローカル線」を生んだ最強の現場力 (Gono-sen Monogatari) (in Japanese). PHP研究所. ISBN 4569830099.
五能線ガイドブック (Gono-sen Guidebook) (in Japanese). 無明舎出版. 2002. ISBN 4895443078.