Hirosakigakuindaimae Station

Hirosakigakuindaimae Station 弘前学院大前駅
File:COOP Nishihiro store and Konan Railway Hirosaki-Gakuindai-mae Station.jpg Hirosakigakuindaimae Station
General information
Location	Nakano 1-13-1, Hirosaki-shi, Aomori-ken 036-1451 Japan
Coordinates	40°35′01.69″N 140°28′14.30″E
Operated by	File:Konan Testudo logo.jpg Kōnan Railway
Line(s)	■ Ōwani Line
Distance	12.0 km from Ōwani
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website (in Japanese)
History
Opened	January 26, 1952
Previous names	Nishi-Hirosaki (to 1986)
Passengers
FY2015	327
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Hirosakigakuindaimae Station (弘前学院大前駅, Hirosakigakuindaimae-eki) is a railway station in the city of Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator, Kōnan Railway Company. It is located in front of Hirosaki Gakuin University.

Lines

Hirosakigakuindaimae Station is served by the Kōnan Railway Ōwani Line, and lies 12.0 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Ōwani Station.

Station layout

The station has one island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Kōnan Railway Ōwani Line	forChūō-Hirosaki
2	■ Kōnan Railway Ōwani Line	for Ōwani

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kōnan Railway Kōnan Line
Seiaichūkōmae		-	Hirokōshita

History

Hirosakigakuindaimai Station was opened as Nishi-Hirosaki Station (西弘前, Nishi-Hirosaki-eki) on January 26, 1952, with the opening of the Ōwani Line. On December 1, 1971 the first automatic ticket machines on the Kōnan Railway were installed at this station. It became a kan'i itaku station on October 1, 1985. The station name was changed to its present name on September 1, 2008. The station has been unattended since April 1, 2009.

Surrounding area

• Hirosaki University
• Hirosaki Gakuin University
• Tohoku Women's College

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Hirosaki Gakuindai-mae Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Kōnan Railway home page (in Japanese)
• Location map Archived 2012-02-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)