Mutsuminato Station

Mutsuminato Station
Mutsuminato Station; 陸奥湊駅
	Mutsuminato Station north entrance in October 2007
Location	44-1 Minato-cho Kubo, Hachinohe-shi, Aomori-ken 031-0812; Japan
Coordinates	40°31′23.88″N 141°31′39.75″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Hachinohe Line
Distance	9.0 km from Hachinohe
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	July 11, 1926
Passengers
FY2018	134 daily
Services
Location
	Mutsuminato Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Mutsuminato Station Mutsuminato Station (Japan)

Mutsuminato Station (陸奥湊駅, Mutsuminato-eki) is a railway station in the city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Mutsuminato Station is served by the Hachinohe Line, and is 9.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Hachinohe Station.

Station layout

The station has one ground-level island platform serving two tracks, with an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office in addition to automated ticket machines.

Platforms

1	■ Hachinohe Line	for Same, Taneichi, and Kuji
2	■ Hachinohe Line	for Hachinohe

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. 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).[1]

Surrounding area

Port of Hachinohe

References

各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

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[jreast2018stats-1] 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.