Goshogawara Station

Goshogawara Station (五所川原駅, Goshogawara-eki) is a joint-use railway station on the Gonō Line and Tsugaru Railway Line in the city of Goshogawara, Aomori, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Tsugaru Railway Company.

Goshogawara Station 五所川原駅
Goshogawara Station in September 2014
General information
Location	38 Aza Omachi, Goshogawara City, Aomori Prefecture 037-0063 Japan
Coordinates	40°48′32″N 140°26′53″E
Operated by	JR East Tsugaru Railway Company
Line(s)	Gonō Line ■Tsugaru Railway Line
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Tsugaru Railway Company refers to the station as Tsugaru Goshogawara Station (津軽五所川原駅, Tsugaru Goshogawara-eki).

Lines

Goshogawara Station is served by the JR East Gonō Line and forms the terminus of the Tsugaru Railway Line. It is located 125.7 km from the southern terminus of the Gonō Line at Higashi-Noshiro.

Station layout

Goshogawara Station has a single side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. The JR Gono Line uses the side platform and half of the island platform, while the Tsugaru Line uses the other half of the island platform. The station building has a staffed Midori no Madoguchi ticket office. The exterior of the JR East station structure was rebuilt in 2013, reopening on 1 August 2013.^[1]

JR East

Goshogawara Station 五所川原駅
JR East Goshogawara Station
General information
Location	38 Aza Omachi , Goshogawara City, Aomori Prefecture 037-0063 Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Gonō Line
Platforms	2 (1 island platform)
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 September 1918; 106 years ago (1918-09-25)
Passengers
FY2021	675 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Kizukuri towards Higashi-Noshiro Gonō Line Rapid Mutsu-Tsuruda One-way operation Gonō Line Local Mutsu-Tsuruda towards Hirosaki

Platforms

1	■ Gonō Line	for Ajigasawa and Fukaura
	■ Gonō Line	for Hirosaki and Aomori (starting trains)
2	■ Gonō Line	for Hirosaki and Aomori

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  The Gono Line platforms

Tsugaru Railway

Tsugaru Goshogawara Station 津軽五所川原駅
Tsugaru Railway station
Tsugaru Railway Goshogawara Station in May 2014
General information
Location	7-5 Omachi, Goshogawara-shi, Aomori-ken Japan
Operated by	Tsugaru Railway
Line(s)	■ Tsugaru Railway Line
Platforms	1 (1 side platform)
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 July 1930
Previous names	Goshogawara (until 1956)
Passengers
FY2015	330 daily
Services
Preceding station Tsutetsu Following station Terminus Tsugaru Railway Line Semi-Express Local Togawa towards Tsugaru-Nakasato

Platforms

3

■ Tsugaru Railway Line

for Kanagi and Tsugaru-Nakasato

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  The Tsugaru Railway Line platform in August 2010

History

Goshogawara Station opened on September 25, 1918,^[2] as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR) Goshogawara Line.^{[citation needed]} On June 1, 1927, the Goshogawara Line was joined with the newly nationalized Mutsu Railway. The Tsugaru Railway Line began operations from Goshogawara on July 15, 1930.^[3] On July 10, 1956, the Tsugaru Railway portion of the station was officially renamed Tsugaru Goshogawara Station (津軽五所川原駅), to distinguish it from the JNR portion.^[3] With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the JNR portion came under the operational control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the JR East station was used by an average of 894 passengers daily (boarding passengers only)^[4] The passenger figures for the JR East station in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	1,228[5]
2005	909[6]
2010	863[7]
2015	825[8]

Surrounding area

• National Route 101
• National Route 339
• Goshogawara Post office
• Goshogawara City Hall

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan