Jūniko Station
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is a railway station on the JR East
Gonō Line
located in the town of Fukaura
, Aomori Prefecture
, Japan
. It is 46.6 rail kilometers from the southern terminus
of the Gonō Line at Higashi-Noshiro Station
.
of the Japanese National Railways
on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East, and was elevated in status to that of a full station; however, initially only the express Resort Shirakami stopped at the station. As of February 1, 1988 all normal local trains began to service the station. The station building was completed on March 19, 2005.
serving bidirectional traffic use. The station is unattended, and is managed from Fukaura Station
. The current station building was built by former Iwasaki Village
to encourage tourism to the Jūniko Lakes.
East Japan Railway Company
is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....
Gonō Line
Gono Line
The is a railway line in Japan linking Higashi-Noshiro Station in Akita Prefecture with Kawabe Station in Aomori Prefecture, in the northern Tōhoku region of Honshū. The line stretches 147.2 km along the Sea of Japan coast with a total of 43 stations...
located in the town of Fukaura
Fukaura, Aomori
is a town located in the Nishitsugaru District of Aomori Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of Japan. As of 2009, the town had an estimated population of 9,917 and a density of 20.3 persons per km²...
, Aomori Prefecture
Aomori Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region. The capital is the city of Aomori.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Aomori prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It is 46.6 rail kilometers from the southern terminus
Terminal Station
Terminal Station is a 1953 film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of the love affair between an Italian man and an American woman. The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.-Production:...
of the Gonō Line at Higashi-Noshiro Station
Higashi-Noshiro Station
is a railway station on the JR East. It is located in Noshiro, Akita, Japan.-Station structure:* 2-way, 3-track, above-ground station.Platforms...
.
History
Jūniko Station was opened on September 15, 1959 as the Jūniko Signal Stop. With the privatizationPrivatization
Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency or public service from the public sector to the private sector or to private non-profit organizations...
of the Japanese National Railways
Japanese National Railways
, abbreviated or "JNR", was the national railway network of Japan from 1949 to 1987.-History:The term Kokuyū Tetsudō "state-owned railway" originally referred to a network of railway lines operated by nationalized companies under the control of the Railway Institute following the nationalization...
on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East, and was elevated in status to that of a full station; however, initially only the express Resort Shirakami stopped at the station. As of February 1, 1988 all normal local trains began to service the station. The station building was completed on March 19, 2005.
Station layout
Jūniko Station has a single side platformSide platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
serving bidirectional traffic use. The station is unattended, and is managed from Fukaura Station
Fukaura Station
is a railway station on the JR East Gonō Line located in the town of Fukaura, Aomori Prefecture Japan. It is 66.9 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Gonō Line at Higashi-Noshiro Station.-History:...
. The current station building was built by former Iwasaki Village
Iwasaki, Aomori
was a village located in Nishitsugaru District in western Aomori Prefecture, Japan.Iwasaki Village was located in the southwestern corner of Aomori Prefecture, facing the Sea of Japan. The area was part of Hirosaki Domain during the Edo period. After the Meiji Restoration, Iwasaki Village was...
to encourage tourism to the Jūniko Lakes.
Platforms
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