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Suwanotaira Station

諏訪ノ平駅
Suwanotaira Station
General information
LocationTamagake, Nanbu-machi, Sannohe-gun, Aomori-ken 039-0101
Japan
Coordinates40°24′54″N 141°18′17″E / 40.414922°N 141.304694°E / 40.414922; 141.304694
Operated by Aoimori Railway
Line(s) Aoimori Railway Line
Distance9.5 km from Metoki
Platforms2 side platform
Tracks32
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedJanuary 15, 1933
Location
Suwanotaira Station is located in Japan
Suwanotaira Station
Suwanotaira Station
Location within Japan

Suwanotaira Station (諏訪ノ平駅, Suwanotaira-eki) is a railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line in the town of Oirase, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company.

Lines

Suwanotaira Station is served by the Aoimori Railway Line, and is 9.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Metoki Station. It is 626.8 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Suwanotaira Station has a two ground-level opposed side platforms serving two tracks connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1  Aoimori Railway Line for Hachinohe and Aomori
3  Aoimori Railway Line for Sannohe and Morioka

Adjacent stations

Service
Aoimori Railway Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Sannohe local Kenyoshi

History

Suwanotaira Station was opened on January 15, 1933 as a station of the Tohoku Main Line on the Japan National Railways (JNR). Freight operations were discontinued from April 1962. The station has been unattended since October 1979. 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.

Surrounding area

See also