Hirosaki-Higashikōmae Station

Hirosaki-Higashikōmae
弘前東高前

Hirosaki-Higashikōmae Station, September 2010
Location 4-11-1 Kawasaki, Hirosaki, Aomori
（青森県 弘前市大字川先４－１１－１）
Japan
Operated by Kōnan Railway
Line(s) Kōnan Railway Kōnan Line
History
Opened 1927
Previous names Higashi-Kōgyōkōmae (until 2005)

Hirosaki-Higashikōmae Station (弘前東高前駅 Hirosaki Higashikōmae-eki) is a railway station on the Kōnan Railway Kōnan Line in Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan.

Lines

Hirosaki-Higashikōmae Station is served by the Kōnan Railway Kōnan Line, and lies 0.9 kilometers from the northern terminus of the line at Hirosaki Station.

Station layout

Hirosaki-Higashikōmae Station has a single side platform serving a single track. The station building is attended during normal working hours.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kōnan Railway Kōnan Line
Hirosaki - Undōkōenmae

History

The station as named Higashi-Kōgyōkōmae, March 2003

The station opened on September 7, 1927, initially as a simple stop named Matsumori-chō Station (松森町停留所).[1] It became a full station from March 18, 1929, and renamed Minami-Hirosaki Station (南弘前駅) on June 17 of the same year.[1] On April 1, 1988, the station was renamed Higashi-Kōgyōkōmae Station (東工業高前駅), and it was renamed Hirosaki-Higashikōmae Station on April 1, 2005.[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 196. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
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Coordinates: 40°35′32.39″N 140°29′17.78″E / 40.5923306°N 140.4882722°E / 40.5923306; 140.4882722

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