Metoki Station

Summary

Metoki Station (目時駅, Metoki-eki) is a railway station in the town of Sannohe in the Sannohe District of Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third sector railway operators Aoimori Railway Company and Iwate Galaxy Railway Company.

Metoki Station

目時駅
Regional rail station
Metoki Station in September 2012
General information
LocationMetoki Muranaka, Sannohe, Sannohe District, Aomori Prefecture 039-0113
Japan
Coordinates40°21′07″N 141°17′22″E / 40.352046°N 141.289569°E / 40.352046; 141.289569
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 October 1948
Passengers
423 daily boardings (2018)
Services
Preceding station Iwate Galaxy Railway Following station
Kintaichi-Onsen
towards Morioka
Iwate Galaxy Railway Line through to Aoimori Railway Line
Preceding station Aoimori Railway Following station
through to Iwate Galaxy Railway Line Aoimori Railway Line Sannohe
towards Aomori
Location
Metoki Station is located in Aomori Prefecture
Metoki Station
Metoki Station
Location within Aomori Prefecture
Metoki Station is located in Japan
Metoki Station
Metoki Station
Metoki Station (Japan)

Location edit

Metoki Station is the southern terminus of the Aoimori Railway Line, and is 121.9 kilometers from the northern terminus of the line at Aomori Station. It is also the northern terminus of the Iwate Galaxy Railway Line, and is 82.0 kilometers from the southern terminus at Morioka Station. It is 622.8 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Surrounding area edit

Station layout edit

Metoki Station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station building is relatively large, but is unattended.

Platforms edit

1  Aoimori Railway Line for Sannohe and Hachinohe
2  Iwate Galaxy Railway Line for Ninohe and Morioka

History edit

Metoki Station opened on 20 December 1924 as the Metoki Signal Stop on the Tōhoku Main Line on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). It was elevated to the status of a full station on 1 October 1948. Freight operations were discontinued from April 1962. With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. It came under the joint control of the Aoimori Railway and the Iwate Galaxy Railway Company on 1 December 2002.

Services edit

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 423 passengers daily.[1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 平成30年度 駅別乗降人員(1日平均) [Fiscal 2018 Station passenger figures (daily average)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Iwate Galaxy Railway Company. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

External links edit

  • Aoimori Railway station information page (in Japanese)