Mutsu-Iwasaki Station

Mutsu-Iwasaki Station (陸奥岩崎駅, Mutsu-Iwasaki-eki) is a railway station located in the town of Fukaura, Aomori Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Mutsu-Iwasaki Station 陸奥岩崎駅
Mutu-Iwasaki Station in August 2017
General information
Location	Iwasaki Matsubara 63, Fukaura-machi, Nishitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-2202 Japan
Coordinates	40°35′00.11″N 139°55′25.67″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Gonō Line
Distance	50.9 km from Higashi-Noshiro
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website (in Japanese)
History
Opened	October 14, 1932
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Jūniko towards Higashi-Noshiro Gonō Line Local Mutsu-Sawabe towards Hirosaki
Location Mutsu-Iwasaki Station Location within Japan

Lines

Mutsu-Iwasaki Station is a station on the Gonō Line, and is located 50.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro.

Station layout

Mutsu-Iwasaki Station has one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station built with double opposed side platforms, but only a single platform is currently in use; the other remains in-situ. The station is unattended, and is managed from Fukaura Station.

History

Mutsu-Iwasaki Station was opened on October 14, 1932 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (successor of JGR) on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.

Surrounding area

• Iwasaki fishing port

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

• Endo, Isao (2006). 五能線物語 「奇跡のローカル線」を生んだ最強の現場力 (Gono-sen Monogatari) (in Japanese). PHP研究所. ISBN 4569830099.
• 五能線ガイドブック (Gono-sen Guidebook) (in Japanese). 無明舎出版. 2002. ISBN 4895443078.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)