is a former railway station on the closed Nanbu Jūkan Railway in Shichinohe, Aomori

Shichinohe, Aomori

is a town located in the Kamikita District of northeastern Aomori Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of Japan. As of 2009, the town had an estimated population of 17,445 and a density of 51.7 persons per km². Its total area was 337.23 km².-Geography:...

, 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...

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There was once a plan to use the Nanbu Jūkan to connect the Tōhoku Shinkansen with Noheji

Noheji, Aomori

is a town located in the Kamikita District of northeastern Aomori Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of Japan. As of 2009, the town had an estimated population of 14,721 and a density of 175 persons per km². Its total area was 81.61 km².-Geography:...

 or Mutsu

Mutsu, Aomori

is a city located in northeastern Aomori in the Tōhoku region of Japan. As of 2009, the city had an estimated population of 61,205 and a density of 70.09 persons per km²...

, but the railway was closed before the construction of the Tōhoku Shinkansen started.

History

• 20 October 1962: Station opens.
• 6 May 1997: Services cease.
• 1 August 2002: Station formally closes.

This station is maintained by the railway enthusiast volunteers.

Layout

The former station had two side platform

Side 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...

s serving two tracks.