Goshogawara Station

Goshogawara Station is served by the JR East Gonō Line and forms the terminus of the Tsugaru Railway Line. It is located 125.7 km from the southern terminus of the Gonō Line at {{STN|Higashi-Noshiro|x}}.

Goshogawara Station has a single side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. The JR Gono Line uses the side platform and half of the island platform, while the Tsugaru Line uses the other half of the island platform. The station building has a staffed Midori no Madoguchi ticket office. The exterior of the JR East station structure was rebuilt in 2013, reopening on 1 August 2013.{{cite web |url= http://railf.jp/news/2013/08/02/162500.html|script-title=ja:五能線五所川原駅，外観をリニューアル|trans-title=Goshigawara Station exterior rebuilt|date= 2 August 2013|work= Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 3 August 2013}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Goshogawara Station

| style = JR East

| native_name = 五所川原駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| image = 140914 Goshogawara Station Goshogawara Aomori pref Japan01n.jpg

| alt =

| caption = JR East Goshogawara Station

| other_name =

| address = 38 Aza Omachi , Goshogawara City, Aomori Prefecture 037-0063

| country = Japan

| coordinates =

| operator = {{ric|JR East|name=y}}

| line = {{rcb|JR East|Gono|yes}}

| platforms = 2 (1 island platform)

| tracks = 2

| connections =

| structure =

| code =

| status = Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )

| website = {{official|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=689}}

| opened = {{start date and age|1918|09|25|df=y}}

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 675 daily

| pass_year = FY2021

| services = {{Adjstn|system1=JR East

|line1=Gono|left1=Kizukuri|right1=Mutsu-Tsuruda|note-mid1=Rapid|oneway-right1=yes

|line2=Gono|left2=Kizukuri|right2=Mutsu-Tsuruda|note-mid2=Local}}

}}

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=1|first=2|span=2|linename=Gonō Line|col=#{{rcr|JR East|Gono}}|dir=for {{STN|Ajigasawa|x}} and {{STN|Fukaura|x}}}}

{{ja-rail-line|nidx=Gonō Line|col=#{{rcr|JR East|Gono}}|dir=for {{STN|Hirosaki|x}} and {{STN|Aomori|x}} (starting trains)}}

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=2|first=3|nidx=Gonō Line|col=#{{rcr|JR East|Gono}}|dir=for Hirosaki and Aomori}}

File:140914 Goshogawara Station Goshogawara Aomori pref Japan05n.jpg|The Gono Line platforms

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{{Infobox station

| name = Tsugaru Goshogawara Station

| native_name = 津軽五所川原駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type = Tsugaru Railway station

| image = 140914 Tsugaru Goshogawara Station Goshogawara Aomori pref Japan01n.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Tsugaru Railway Goshogawara Station in May 2014

| other_name =

| address = 7-5 Omachi, Goshogawara-shi, Aomori-ken

| country = Japan

| coordinates =

| operator = 20px Tsugaru Railway

| line = {{Colorbull|orange}} Tsugaru Railway Line

| platforms = 1 (1 side platform)

| connections =

| structure =

| code =

| status = Staffed

| website = {{official|1=http://tsutetsu.com/ensenguide.html#12}}

| opened = 15 July 1930

| closed =

| former = Goshogawara (until 1956)

| passengers = 330 daily

| pass_year = FY2015

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Tsutetsu|line=Tsugaru Railway|right=Togawa|note-mid=Semi-Express
Local}}

}}

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=3|first=4|name=Tsugaru Railway Line|col=orange|dir=for {{STN|Kanagi|x}} and {{STN|Tsugaru-Nakasato|x}}}}

File:Tsugarugoshogawara-Station-Platform.jpg|The Tsugaru Railway Line platform in August 2010

Goshogawara Station opened on September 25, 1918,{{cite book |script-title=ja: 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 |trans-title=JNR Station Directory | publisher = Japanese National Railways | year = 1985 | location = Japan | page = 131| isbn = 4-533-00503-9}} as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR) Goshogawara Line.{{Citation needed|date=August 2013}} On June 1, 1927, the Goshogawara Line was joined with the newly nationalized Mutsu Railway. The Tsugaru Railway Line began operations from Goshogawara on July 15, 1930.{{cite book | last = Terada | first = Hirokazu |script-title=ja: データブック日本の私鉄 |trans-title=Databook: Japan's Private Railways | publisher = Neko Publishing | date = 19 January 2013 | location = Japan | page = 196| isbn = 978-4-7770-1336-4}} On July 10, 1956, the Tsugaru Railway portion of the station was officially renamed {{Nihongo|Tsugaru Goshogawara Station|津軽五所川原駅}}, to distinguish it from the JNR portion. With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the JNR portion came under the operational control of JR East.

In fiscal 2016, the JR East station was used by an average of 894 passengers daily (boarding passengers only){{cite web |url=http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2016_06.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員（2016年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 1 January 2018}} The passenger figures for the JR East station in previous years are as shown below.

• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|101}}
• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|339}}
• Goshogawara Post office
• Goshogawara City Hall

• List of railway stations in Japan

• {{cite book|last=Endo|first=Isao|script-title=ja:五能線物語 「奇跡のローカル線」を生んだ最強の現場力|year=2006|publisher=PHP研究所|language=ja|isbn=4569830099}}
• {{cite book|script-title=ja:五能線ガイドブック | trans-title = Gono Line Guidebook|year=2002|publisher= 無明舎出版|language=ja|isbn=4895443078}}

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• {{official|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=689}} {{in lang|ja}}
• [http://tsutetsu.web.infoseek.co.jp/station/local.html#tsugarugoshogawara Tsugaru-Goshogawara Station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605230604/http://tsutetsu.web.infoseek.co.jp/station/local.html#tsugarugoshogawara |date=2010-06-05 }} {{in lang|ja}}

{{Gono Line}}

{{Tsugaru Railway Line}}

Category:Stations of East Japan Railway Company

Category:Railway stations in Aomori Prefecture

Category:Gonō Line

Category:Tsugaru Railway Line

Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1918

Category:Goshogawara