Yokoiso Station
Yokoiso Station 横磯駅 | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Yokoiso Shimo-Okazaki 99, Fukaura-machi, Nishitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-2325 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°37′47.51″N 139°53′27.59″E / 40.6298639°N 139.8909972°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Gonō Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 61.4 km from Higashi-Noshiro | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website (in Japanese) | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | December 25, 1954 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
|
Yokoiso Station (横磯駅, Yokoiso-eki) is a railway station located in the town of Fukaura, Aomori Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Yokoiso Station is a station on the Gonō Line, and is located 39.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro.
Station layout
[edit]Yokoiso Station has one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended, and has no station building, but only a small waiting room on the platform. The station is managed from Goshogawara Station.
History
[edit]Yokoizo Station was opened on December 25, 1954 as a station on the Japan National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.
Surrounding area
[edit]- National Route 101
- Yokoiso fishing port
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Official website (in Japanese)