Minmaya Station

三厩駅
Station building (August 2020)
General information
Location299 Minmaya Higashicho, Sotogahama-machi. Higashitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 030-1737
Coordinates41°11′07.45″N 140°26′40.14″E / 41.1854028°N 140.4444833°E / 41.1854028; 140.4444833
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Tsugaru Line
Distance55.8km from Aomori
Platforms1 island platform
Other information
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedOctober 21, 1958 (1958-10-21)[1]
Passengers
FY201825[2]
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Terminus Tsugaru Line Tsugaru-Hamana
towards Aomori
Location
Minmaya Station is located in Aomori Prefecture
Minmaya Station
Minmaya Station
Location within Aomori Prefecture
Minmaya Station is located in Japan
Minmaya Station
Minmaya Station
Minmaya Station (Japan)
The platform (August 2020)

Minmaya Station (三厩駅, Minmaya-eki) is the northern terminal railway station on the JR East Tsugaru Line located in the town of Sotogahama, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Minmaya Station is a terminal station on the Tsugaru Line, and is located 55.8 kilometres (34.7 mi) from the opposing terminal of the line at Aomori.

Station layout

Minmaya Station has one island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing; however, one side of the platform is not in use.

Platforms

' ■ Tsugaru Line for Kanita and Aomori

History

Minmaya Station was opened on October 21, 1958 as Miumaya Station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. It officially adopted the present pronunciation of its name on March 16, 1991.[1] The station became unmanned on June 1, 2019.[3]

Surrounding area

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 25 passengers daily.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 週刊 JR全駅・全車両基地 31号 青森駅・弘前駅・深浦駅ほか. 朝日新聞出版. 2013. p. 23.
  2. 1 2 各駅の乗車人員（2018年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "青森）津軽半島最北の駅が無人に 駅長さん、有終の一日：朝日新聞デジタル". 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-09-18.
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