Kanita Station

Kanita 蟹田
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Location	55 Kami-Kanita, Sotogahama, Higashitsugaru, Aomori （青森県東津軽郡外ヶ浜町字上蟹田55） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Tsugaru Line Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line
History
Opened	1951

Kanita Station (蟹田駅, Kanita-eki) is a railway station on the Tsugaru Line in the town of Sotogahama, Aomori, Japan, operated by the JR Group company East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is 27.0 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Tsugaru Line at Aomori Station.

Lines

Kanita Station is served by the following lines.

• Tsugaru Line
• Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line

Station layout

Kanita Station has one side platform and one island platform serving a total of four tracks (one track is a siding). The station is manned, and has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

Platforms

1	■Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line	for Aomori
	■Tsugaru Line	for Yomogita and Aomori
2	■Tsugaru Line	for Yomogita and Aomori
3	■Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line	for Hakodate
	■Tsugaru Line	for Minmaya

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tsugaru Line
Seheji		Local	Naka-Oguni
Tsugaru Kaikyō Line
Aomori		Limited Express	Tsugaru-Imabetsu or Kikonai

• No local trains run on the Kaikyō Line.

History

Kanita Station was opened on December 5, 1951 as a station operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. Services on the Tsugaru Kaikyō Line began on March 13, 1988.

Bus services

• Tairadate area line bus

Surrounding area

• Sotogahama center hospital
• Sotogahama town office
• Kanita post office

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

• Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

External links

• JR East station information page (Japanese)