Operated by JR East Distance 9.0 km from Hachinohe Tracks 2 Opened 11 July 1926 | Address Japan | |
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Location 44-1 Minato-cho Kubo, Hachinohe-shi, Aomori-ken 031-0812Japan Similar | ||
Mutsuminato Station (陸奥湊駅, Mutsuminato-eki)is a railway station operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in the city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
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Lines
Mutsuminato Station is served by the Hachinohe Line, and is 9.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hachinohe Station.
Station layout
Mutsuminato 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. The station is operated by the Morioka-based Jaster Co., Ltd.
History
Mutsuminato Station was 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. Standard freight operations were suspended from October 1, 1971. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (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 2015, the station was used by an average of 149 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).