• Source: Hirosaki Station

      • Hirosaki Station (弘前駅, Hirosaki-eki) is a railway station in the city of Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Kōnan Railway. It is also a freight terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company.


      Lines


      Hirosaki Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 447.1 km from the southern starting point of the Ōu Main Line at Fukushima. Although the terminus of the Gonō Line is at Kawabe, most trains continue on to terminate at Hirosaki for ease of connections. It also forms the terminus of the 16.8 km private Kōnan Railway Kōnan Line to Kuroishi.


      Limited express trains


      Hirosaki Station is served by the following limited express train services.

      Tsugaru (Aomori - Akita)
      Akebono overnight sleeper service (Ueno - Aomori)
      Nihonkai overnight sleeper service (Osaka - Aomori)


      Station layout


      Hirosaki Station is an elevated station. The JR portion has a single side platform and an island platform, serving three tracks, and the Kōnan Railway has a bay platform serving another two tracks. The station has a JR East Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office and View Plaza travel agency.


      = JR East platforms

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      = Konan Railway platforms

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      History


      Hirosaki Station opened on December 1, 1894. On September 7, 1927, the Konan Railway also began operations at Hirosaki Station. The station building was again reconstructed in 1981 to incorporate a shopping center. With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East. A new station building was completed in December 2004.


      Passenger statistics


      In fiscal 2018, the JR East station was used by an average of 4,497 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The Konan Railway station was used by an average of 2,851 passengers daily in fiscal 2011. The JR East passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.


      Surrounding area


      Hirosaki Post office
      Hirosakiekimae Post Office
      Hirosaki Bus terminal


      Bus services




      = Local services

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      Kōnan Bus
      For Karekitaira via Dake hot spring
      For Fujishiro via Hamanomashi or Komagoshi
      For Goshogawara Station via Fujisaki, Itayanagi and Tsuruta
      For Namioka via Fujisaki
      For Kuroishi Station via Inakadate
      For Koguriyama via Hirosaki University
      For Sōma via Akudo
      For Tashiro via Kuniyoshi
      For Aomori Airport (Express bus)


      = Long-distance bus services

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      Jodel (ヨーデル, Yōderu) (operated by Kōnan Bus, JR Bus Tohoku, Iwate-Kenpoku Bus, and Iwate-Kenkōtsu)
      For Morioka Station


      See also


      List of Railway Stations in Japan


      References




      External links



      JR East station information page (in Japanese)
      Konan Railway station information (in Japanese)

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