Ushirogata Station

Ushirogata 後潟
Ushirogata Station in May 2013
Location	Rokumaibashi, Aomori, Aomori （青森県青森市大字六枚橋字磯打59） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Tsugaru Line
History
Opened	1951

Ushirogata Station (後潟駅, Ushirogata-eki) is a railway station on the JR East Tsugaru Line located in the city of Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is 14.7 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Tsugaru Line at Aomori Station.

History

Ushirogata Station was opened on December 5, 1951 as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were discontinued from October 1968. On April 1, 1970, it became a kan'i itaku station, operated by the Japan Travel Bureau. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. It has been unattended since September 2009.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Tsugaru Line

Station layout

Ushirogata Station has a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic. The platforms are short, necessitating the use of a door cut system for trains linger than 5 carriages long. The station is unattended, and is managed from Aomori Station. The station building is unattended.

Route bus

• Ushirogata-Jidokan-mae bus stop
  • Aomori municipal Bus
    • For.Ushirogata
    • For.Furukawa via Okunai and Jyusannmori (Aburakawa)

Surrounding area

• Aomori city hall Ushirogata branch
• Ushirogata Post office
• Ushirogata elementary school

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Tsugaru Line
Hidariseki		Local		Nakasawa

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

External links

• JR East station information page (Japanese)