is a railway station and major stop along the

Aoimori Railway Line The is a Regional rail, regional rail line in Aomori Prefecture, Japan that is operated by the Aoimori Railway Company. It connects Metoki Station, the terminal station of the Iwate Galaxy Railway Line, to Aomori Station, the terminus of severa ...

in the city of Misawa in

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, Japan. It is operated by the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company.

Lines

Misawa Station is one of six principal stations served by the

, and is 46.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at

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. It is 664.2 kilometers from

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Station layout

Misawa Station has one ground-level

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and one ground-level

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serving three tracks with an elevated station building built over the tracks. The station is staffed The station building has a ticket office, as well as automatic ticket machines.

Platforms

History

Misawa Station was opened on 1 April 1896 as the on the

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. It became a station on the

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(JGR), the pre-war predecessor to the

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(JNR), when the Nippon Railway was

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on 1 July 1906. On 4 September 1922 it became a joint station, when the Towada Railway (present-day Towada Kankō Electric Railway, also known as Tōtetsu) connected Furumaki with Towadashi Station. The Tōtetsu Furumaki Station was relocated 120 meters away on 1 October 1926 and a new station building was completed on 1 January 1959. The Tōtetsu station was renamed Misawa Station on 1 March 1961 and the JNR station followed on 20 March of the same year. With the

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of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the JNR Misawa Station came under the operational control of

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(JR East) and

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(JR Freight). Freight services were discontinued in June 2006. The control of the Tōhoku Main Line (between Hachinohe and Aomori) was transferred to Aoimori Railway on 4 December 2010, the day the

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was extended to . On 1 April 2012 Towada Kankō Electric Railway discontinued its railway business. The station building was expanded following the opening of a plaza extension on 4 April 2020. Until the operational change in 2010, the JR station was served by the

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trains ''Tsugaru'', ''Hakuchō'' and ''Super Hakuchō''. As of January 2021, the only JR East limited express train to stop at Misawa Station is the '' Resort Asunaro'' sightseeing train that runs between and stations.

Surrounding area

*Aomori Prefectural Misawa Commercial High School * Komaki Onsen *Misawa Station Post Office

Gallery

file:Aoimori Railway Misawa Station Misawa Aomori pref Japan12n.jpg, JR tracks and platforms from pedestrian bridge. file:Misawa_NEE485.jpg, JR East ''Hakuchō'' limited express departing northbound from the Misawa train station. file:Misawa-totetsu.jpg, Tōtetsu train leaves Misawa station file:MisawaTrainStation1.jpg, Ticket inspector on Tōtetsu platform (October 2005)

References

* ''JTB Timetable'' December 2010 issue

External links

Aoimori Railway station information page
{{Aoimori Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1896 Railway stations in Aomori Prefecture Aoimori Railway Line Misawa, Aomori