Metoki Station

Metoki 目時
File:Metoki stn.jpg Metoki Station
Location	Metoki Muranaka, Sannohe, Sannohe, Aomori （青森県三戸郡三戸町目時村中） Japan
Operated by	Aoimori Railway Company Iwate Galaxy Railway Company
Line(s)	Aoimori Railway Line Iwate Galaxy Railway Line
Connections
History
Opened	1948

Metoki Station (目時駅, Metoki-eki) is a joint use terminus railway station located in Sannohe, Sannohe District, Aomori, Japan.

History

Metoki Station was opened on December 20, 1924 as the Metoki Signal Stop on the Tōhoku Main Line on the Japan National Railways (JNR). It was elevated to the status of a full station on October 1, 1948. Freight operations were discontinued from April 1962. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. It came under the joint control of the Aoimori Railway and the Iwate Galaxy Railway Company on December 1, 2002.

Station layout

Metoki Station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, connected to the station building by an overpass. The station building is relatively large, but is currently unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Aoimori Railway Line	for Sannohe, Hachinohe
2	■ Iwate Galaxy Railway Line	for Ninohe, Morioka

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Aoimori Railway Line
Sannohe		-	Terminus
Iwate Ginga Railway Line
Terminus		-	Kintaichi-Onsen

External links

• Aoimori Railway station information page (Japanese)