Station

Kita-Tokiwa

北常盤

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Kita-Tokiwa
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Timetable information

Departure data for this station is not available on this site.

Location

History

Kita-Tokiwa Station opened on 20 December 1924 as a stop on the Japanese Government Railways' Ōu Main Line, serving the village of Tokiwa (now part of Fujisaki) in Aomori Prefecture. Parcel handling ended on 10 February 1983 and staffing was reduced to a simplified-consignment arrangement, with tickets initially sold under a contract with the Akita regional office and later by Tokiwa village. The station passed to JR East at the privatisation of JNR on 1 April 1987. A new station building incorporating the "Pop-pora" community centre opened in December 2001, and Suica IC-card service became available on 27 May 2023.

Notes

Kita-Tokiwa formerly had a third track — a refuge siding shared by trains in both directions and used chiefly by freight trains changing direction on the Ōu Main Line. As of February 2022 the station operates with two platforms and two tracks, and that track is no longer in use.

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