Kogawara Station


Kogawara Station is a railway station in the town of Tōhoku, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company.

Lines

Kogawara Station is served by the Aoimori Railway Line, and is 53.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Aomori Station. It is 670.8 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Kogawara Station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks connected by a footbridge. There is no station building, but only a small shelter on one of the platforms, and the platforms are not numbered. The station is unattended.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Kogawara Station was opened on August 1, 1944 as Kogawara Signal Stop on the Tōhoku Main Line. It was elevated to the status of a full station on June 10, 1953. The station has been unattended since August 1971. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of East Japan Railway Company.
The section of the Tōhoku Main Line including this station was transferred to Aoimori Railway on December 4, 2010.

Surrounding area