Sannohe Station
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is a railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line located in the town of Nanbu
, Aomori Prefecture
, Japan
. It is 5.5 rail kilometers from the southern terminus
of the Aoimori Line at Metoki Station
.
. When the Nippon Railway was nationalized on November 1, 1906, it became a station of the Tōhoku Main Line on the Japan National Railways (JNR), and the kanji
for its name was changed to the present configuration. Freight operations were discontinued from April 1962. With the privatization
of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. It came under the control of the Aoimori Railway Line on December 1, 2002.
and an island platform
serving three tracks. The island platform is connected to the station building by an overpass.
40.395791°N 141.273153°W
Nanbu, Aomori
is a town located in the Sannohe District of southeastern Aomori Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of Japan. As of 2009, the town had an estimated population of 20,381 and a density of 133 persons per km². Its total area was 153.150 km².-Geography:...
, Aomori Prefecture
Aomori Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region. The capital is the city of Aomori.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Aomori prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It is 5.5 rail kilometers from the southern terminus
Terminal Station
Terminal Station is a 1953 film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of the love affair between an Italian man and an American woman. The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.-Production:...
of the Aoimori Line at Metoki Station
Metoki Station
is a joint use terminus railway station located in Sannohe, Sannohe District, Aomori, Japan.-History:Metoki Station was opened on December 20, 1924 as the Metoki Signal Stop on the Tōhoku Main Line on the Japan National Railways . It was elevated to the status of a full station on October 1, 1948. ...
.
History
Sannohe Station was opened on September 1, 1898 as of the Nippon RailwayNippon Railway
was the first private railway company in the history of Japan. The company built trunk lines connecting Tokyo with the Tōhoku region to the northeast...
. When the Nippon Railway was nationalized on November 1, 1906, it became a station of the Tōhoku Main Line on the Japan National Railways (JNR), and the kanji
Kanji
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
for its name was changed to the present configuration. Freight operations were discontinued from April 1962. With the privatization
Privatization
Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency or public service from the public sector to the private sector or to private non-profit organizations...
of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. It came under the control of the Aoimori Railway Line on December 1, 2002.
Station layout
Sannohe Station has a side platformSide platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
and an island platform
Island platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
serving three tracks. The island platform is connected to the station building by an overpass.
Platforms
| 1 | ■Aoimori Railway Line | for Hachinohe Hachinohe Station is a railway station operated by the East Japan Railway Company in Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan.-Lines:Hachinohe Station is served by the high-speed Tōhoku Shinkansen line between Tokyo and , and forms the starting point of the Hachinohe Line to... |
| 2 | ■Aoimori Railway Line | (siding) |
| 3 | ■Aoimori Railway Line | for Ninohe Ninohe Station is a railway station on the JR East and Iwate Ginga Railway. It is located in Ninohe, Iwate, Japan.- Line :*JR East**Tōhoku Shinkansen*Iwate Ginga Railway**Iwate Ginga Railway Line- Surrounding area :* JR Bus Tōhoku Ninohe Bus office* Ninohe Police station... and Morioka Morioka Station Morioka Station is a railway station located in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.-History:The station was opened on November 1, 1890, by Japan's first private railway company, Nippon Tetsudō.-Station layout:... |
- Note: Track 2 is used primarily for freight trains changing direction.
Adjacent stations
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40.395791°N 141.273153°W