Higashi-Aomori Station


Higashi-Aomori Station is a joint-use railway station located in the city of Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is on the Aoimori Railway Line for passenger services, and for Japan Freight Railway Company for freight services.

Lines

Higashi-Aomori Station is served by the 123.3 km Aoimori Railway Line between and. It is located between and stations, and lies 5.8 km from the terminus of the Aoimori Railway Line at Aomori.

Station layout

The station has a single island platform. This is connected to an unattended station building by a footbridge.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Higashi-Aomori Station opened on July 21, 1968, as a station on the Japanese National Railways, when the Tōhoku Main Line was re-routed to the south of the downtown areas of the city. With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of East Japan Railway Company. The section of the Tōhoku Main Line including this station was transferred to Aoimori Railway on December 4, 2010.
A large shopping complex was opened next to the station in November 2003.