Kita-Tokiwa Station - Wikipedia

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Kita-Tokiwa Station 北常盤駅
Kita-Tokiwa Station in April 2008
General information
Location	Tokiwa, Fujisaki-machi, Minamitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-1214 Japan
Coordinates	40°40′14.29″N 140°32′37.33″E / 40.6706361°N 140.5437028°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ōu Main Line
Distance	456.6 km from Fukushima
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	20 December 1924
Passengers
FY2018	421 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Kawabe towards Akita Ōu Main Line Rapid Namioka towards Aomori Kawabe towards Shinjō Ōu Main Line Local
Location Kita-Tokiwa Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Kita-Tokiwa Station Kita-Tokiwa Station (Japan)

Kita-Tokiwa Station (北常盤駅, Kita-Tokiwa-eki) is a railway station in the town of Fujisaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Kita-Tokiwa Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 455.6 km from the southern terminus of the line at Fukushima.

The station has one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Track 3 is used primarily for freight trains changing direction.

Kita-Tokiwa Station opened on 20 December 1924 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the pre-war predecessor to the Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 421 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

• Aomori Shinkin Bank Tokiwa branch
• Mutsu Tokiwa Post Office (delivery and collection office)
• Tokiwa Taxi
• Hirosaki Police District Fujisaki Koban
• Fujisaki Municipal Meitoku Junior High School

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

• Official website (in Japanese)