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	Aomori Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Aomori Station Aomori Station (Japan)

Aomori Station

　青森駅
Aomori Station; 　青森駅
Regional rail station
	The west entrance of Aomori Station in March 2021
General information
Location	1 Yanagawa, Aomori, Aomori Prefecture; Japan
Coordinates	40°49′43.87″N 140°44′4.89″E / 40.8288528°N 140.7346917°E
Operated by	JR East; Aoimori Railway;
Line(s)	■ Ōu Main Line; ■ Tsugaru Line; ■ Aoimori Railway Line;
Platforms	3 island platforms
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Status	Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi")
History
Opened	1 September 1891
Rebuilt	27 March 2021
Passengers
FY2016	JR East: 5,342 (daily)
Services
Location
Location
	Aomori Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Aomori Station Aomori Station (Japan)

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Aomori Station (青森駅, Aomori-eki) is a railway station in the city of Aomori in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is jointly operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third-sector railway operator Aoimori Railway.

Location

Surrounding area

Station layout

Aomori Station has three island platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office and a View Plaza travel agency.

Platforms

1	■ Aoimori Railway Line	for Asamushi-Onsen, Noheji, and Hachinohe
2	■ Aoimori Railway Line	for Asamushi-Onsen, Noheji, and Hachinohe
2	■ Ōu Main Line	for Shin-Aomori, Hirosaki, Ōdate, and Akita
3	■ Ōu Main Line	for Shin-Aomori, Hirosaki, Odate, and Akita
3	■ Tsugaru Line	for Kanita and Minmaya

History

The station opened on 1 September 1891.^[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.^[1]

In October 2018 construction commenced on the fifth iteration of the Aomori Station building with improved access to the station's western entrance.^[2] On 27 March 2021, the fourth-generation station building was closed following the opening of the fifth-generation station building and the conclusion of celebratory festivities in the older building.^[3] Following the movement of station operations, the area occupied by the older building is slated to be replaced with commercial space operated by the city of Aomori and JR East as well as a hotel that overlooks the station platforms. The multi-use, ten-story building is set to completed in 2024.^[4]

Services

Aomori Station is served by the Ōu Main Line and the Tsugaru Line of JR East. It is also served by the regional Aoimori Railway Line. The Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line formerly served Aomori Station as a connection to Hakodate in Hokkaido via the Seikan Tunnel; however, with the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen, conventional rail passenger services between Aomori and Hakodate have since been discontinued.

Limited express train services

The following limited express services stop at Aomori Station:

Tsugaru (Akita - Aomori)

Former services

The following Limited express services used to stop at Aomori Station:

Hakuchō / Super Hakuchō (Shin-Aomori - Hakodate via Aomori)

The following overnight sleeping car services also used to operate to and from Aomori Station.

Akebono (Ueno - Aomori)
Nihonkai (Osaka - Aomori)

Bus services

Buses serving the station are operated by the following operators.

Aomori City Bus
Kōnan Bus Company
JR Bus Tohoku Company
Towada-Kanko Electric Railway
Shimokita Kotsu

Highway buses

Asunaro; For Namioka, Kuroishi, Kosaka, and Morioka Station^[5]
Blue City; For Sendai Station^[6]
Sky; For Ueno Station^[7]
Panda; For Ueno Station^[8]
Enburi; For Shinjuku Station and Tokyo Station^[9]
Tsugaru; For Shinjuku Station and Tokyo Station^[10]
La Foret; For Tokyo Station^[11]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 5,342 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[12]

References

^ ^a ^b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 420. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "青森駅自由通路供用開始及び落成式典開催について" [About the start of service of the free passage at Aomori Station and the holding of the inauguration ceremony] (PDF) (in Japanese). City of Aomori. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)
^ "ありがとう4代目青森駅舎現駅舎での最後のイベントを開催します！" [Thank you fourth-generation Aomori Station building. We will hold the final event at the current station building!] (PDF) (in Japanese). JR East. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
^ "JR東日本、青森駅舎跡地に複合商業ビル" [A commercial complex run by JR East on the site of the former Aomori Station building]. The Nikkei (in Japanese). 25 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
^ "あすなろ号 - 弘南バス株式会社". www.konanbus.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
^ "ブルーシティ号 - 弘南バス株式会社". www.konanbus.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
^ "スカイ号 - 弘南バス株式会社". www.konanbus.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
^ "パンダ号 - 弘南バス株式会社". www.konanbus.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
^ "えんぶり号 - 弘南バス株式会社". www.konanbus.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
^ "津輕号 - 弘南バス株式会社". www.konanbus.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
^ "青森－東京（ラ・フォーレ号）予約制 | 高速バス | JRバス東北【公式HP】｜高速バス仙台－新宿 3列シート車3000円～". www.jrbustohoku.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

External links

JR East station information (in Japanese)
Aoimori Railway station information (in Japanese)

[teishajo1998-1] Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 420. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[2] "青森駅自由通路供用開始及び落成式典開催について" [About the start of service of the free passage at Aomori Station and the holding of the inauguration ceremony] (PDF) (in Japanese). City of Aomori. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)

[3] "ありがとう4代目青森駅舎現駅舎での最後のイベントを開催します！" [Thank you fourth-generation Aomori Station building. We will hold the final event at the current station building!] (PDF) (in Japanese). JR East. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.

[4] "JR東日本、青森駅舎跡地に複合商業ビル" [A commercial complex run by JR East on the site of the former Aomori Station building]. The Nikkei (in Japanese). 25 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.

[5] "あすなろ号 - 弘南バス株式会社". www.konanbus.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.

[6] "ブルーシティ号 - 弘南バス株式会社". www.konanbus.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.

[7] "スカイ号 - 弘南バス株式会社". www.konanbus.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.

[8] "パンダ号 - 弘南バス株式会社". www.konanbus.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.

[9] "えんぶり号 - 弘南バス株式会社". www.konanbus.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.

[10] "津輕号 - 弘南バス株式会社". www.konanbus.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.

[11] "青森－東京（ラ・フォーレ号）予約制 | 高速バス | JRバス東北【公式HP】｜高速バス仙台－新宿 3列シート車3000円～". www.jrbustohoku.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-02-05.

[jreast2016stats-12] 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

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v t e Stations of the Ōu Main Line
Fukushima to Shinjō (Yamagata Line)	Fukushima Sasakino Niwasaka ~~Akaiwa~~ Itaya Tōge Ōsawa Sekine Yonezawa Oitama Takahata Akayu Nakagawa Uzen-Nakayama Kaminoyama-Onsen Mokichi Kinenkan-mae Zaō Yamagata Kita-Yamagata Uzen-Chitose Minami-Dewa Urushiyama Takatama Tendō-Minami Tendō Midaregawa Jimmachi Sakurambo-Higashine Higashine Murayama Sodesaki Ōishida Kita-Ōishida Ashisawa Funagata Shinjō
Shinjō to Ōmagari	Shinjō Izumita Uzen-Toyosato Mamurogawa Kamabuchi Ōtaki Nozoki Innai Yokobori Mitsuseki Kami-Yuzawa Yuzawa Shimo-Yuzawa Jūmonji Daigo Yanagita Yokote Gosannen Iizume Ōmagari
Ōmagari to Aomori (formerly Ōu North Line)	Ōmagari Jingūji Kariwano Mineyoshikawa Ugo-Sakai Ōbarino Wada Yotsugoya Akita Izumi-Sotoasahikawa Tsuchizaki Kami-Iijima Oiwake Ōkubo Ugo-Iizuka Ikawa-Sakura Hachirōgata Koikawa Kado Moritake Kita-Kanaoka Higashi-Noshiro Tsurugata Tomine Futatsui Maeyama Takanosu Nukazawa Hayaguchi Shimokawazoi Ōdate Shirasawa Jimba Tsugaru-Yunosawa Ikarigaseki Nagamine Ōwani-Onsen Ishikawa Hirosaki Naijōshi Kawabe Kita-Tokiwa Namioka Daishaka Tsurugasaka Tsugaru-Shinjō Shin-Aomori Aomori

v t e Mass transit in Greater Aomori Area
JR East and JR Hokkaido lines	Hokkaido Shinkansen Tōhoku Shinkansen Ōu Tsugaru Tsugaru-Kaikyō
JR named trains	Akebono Hayabusa Hayate Cassiopeia Hakuchō Hamanasu Super Hakuchō Super Hokuto Kamoshika Nihonkai Resort Shirakami Shimokita Tsugaru Twilight Express
Other railways	Aoimori Hachinohe Rinkai (maintenance only) JR Freight (freight only)
Terminals	Rail Aomori Asamushi-Onsen Shin-Aomori Airports Aomori Ports Aomori
Public Ferries	Mutsu-wan Ferry (Kanita—Wakinosawa) Seikan Ferry (Aomori—Hakodate) Sii Line (Aomori—Wakinosawa—Ushitaki—Fukuura—Sai) Tsugaru Kaikyō Ferry (Aomori—Hakodate)
Bus	Aomori City Bus JR Bus Tōhoku Kōnan Bus Company Shimokita Kōtsu Willer Express
Funiculars and aerial lifts	Hakkōda Ropeway
Miscellaneous	Shinkansen Cards Suica
Japan transit: Tokyo Keihanshin Nagoya Fukuoka Hakone Fuji Izu Hokkaido Aomori Sendai Akita Niigata Toyama Nagano Okayama Hiroshima Shikoku Metro systems Shinkansen trams (list) aerial lifts (list)