Mutsu-Ichikawa Station

Mutsu-Ichikawa Station (陸奥市川駅, Mutsu Ichikawa-eki) is a railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line in the city of Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company.

Mutsu-Ichikawa Station 陸奥市川駅
Regional rail station
Mutsu-Ichikawa Station in September 2023
General information
Location	Ichikawamachi, Hachinohe-shi, Aomori-ken 039-2241 Japan
Coordinates	40°33′47.65″N 141°26′21.51″E
Operated by	Aoimori Railway
Line(s)	■ Aoimori Railway Line
Distance	32.8 km from Metoki
Platforms	1 island + 1 side platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	November 11, 1944
Services
Preceding station Aoimori Railway Following station Hachinohe towards Metoki Aoimori Railway Line Shimoda towards Aomori
Location Mutsu-Ichikawa Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Mutsu-Ichikawa Station Mutsu-Ichikawa Station (Japan)

Platforms of Mutsu-Ichikawa Station

Lines

Mutsu-Ichikawa Station is served by the Aoimori Railway Line, one stop away from Hachinohe Station, and is 32.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Metoki Station. It is 650.1 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Mutsu Ichikawa Station has a one ground-level island platform and one ground-level side platform serving three tracks connected to the station building by a footbridge. However, only tracks 1 and 3 are in use, and the rails for track 2 have been pulled up, giving the station an effective structure of two opposed side platforms. The small station building is unmanned.

Platforms

1	■ Aoimori Railway Line	for Sannohe and Hachinohe
3	■ Aoimori Railway Line	for Misawa, Noheji and Aomori

History

Mutsu-Ichikawa Station was opened on November 5, 1926 as the Todoroki Signal (轟信号場, Todoroki shingōjō) on the Tōhoku Main Line. It was elevated in status to a full station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the pre-war predecessor to the Japan National Railways (JNR), on November 11, 1944 and given its present name at the same time. Regularly scheduled freight services were discontinued in October 1971, and the station has been managed from Hachinohe Station since February 1985. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

The section of the Tōhoku Main Line including this station was transferred to Aoimori Railway on December 4, 2010. The station has been unattended since 1999.

Surrounding area

• JGSDF Camp Hachinohe
• JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

Bibliography

• JTB Timetable December 2010 issue

External links

• Official website(in Japanese)