Yokoiso Station

Yokoiso Station 横磯駅
File:Platform of Yokoiso Station 20190908.jpg Yokoiso Station in September 2019
General information
Location	Yokoiso Shimo-Okazaki 99, Fukaura-machi, Nishitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-2325 Japan
Coordinates	40°37′47.51″N 139°53′27.59″E
Operated by	File:JR logo (east).svg JR East
Line(s)	■ Gonō Line
Distance	61.4 km from Higashi-Noshiro
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website (in Japanese)
History
Opened	December 25, 1954
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station Henashi towards Higashi-Noshiro Gonō Line Local Fukaura towards Hirosaki
Location Yokoiso Station is located in Japan Yokoiso Station Yokoiso Station Location within Japan

Yokoiso Station (横磯駅, Yokoiso-eki) is a railway station located in the town of Fukaura, Aomori Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Yokoiso Station is a station on the Gonō Line, and is located 39.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro.

Station layout

Yokoiso Station has one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended, and has no station building, but only a small waiting room on the platform. The station is managed from Goshogawara Station.

History

Yokoizo Station was opened on December 25, 1954 as a station on the Japan National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.

Surrounding area

• File:Japanese National Route Sign 0101.svg National Route 101
• Yokoiso fishing port

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

• Endo, Isao (2006). 五能線物語 「奇跡のローカル線」を生んだ最強の現場力 (Gono-sen Monogatari) (in Japanese). PHP研究所. ISBN 4569830099.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• 五能線ガイドブック (Gono-sen Guidebook) (in Japanese). 無明舎出版. 2002. ISBN 4895443078.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)