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Shin-Aomori Station 新青森駅
The east entrance in September 2022
General information
Location	Ishie, Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture 038-0003 Japan
Coordinates	40°49′39″N 140°41′36.5″E / 40.82750°N 140.693472°E / 40.82750; 140.693472
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Tōhoku Shinkansen Hokkaido Shinkansen      Ōu Main Line
Distance	713.7 km (443.5 mi) from Tokyo
Platforms	3 island platforms
Tracks	6
Train operators	JR East JR Hokkaido
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 November 1986; 38 years ago (1986-11-01)
Rebuilt	2010; 15 years ago (2010)
Passengers
FY2016	7,652 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Shichinohe-Towadatowards Tokyo Tōhoku ShinkansenHayabusa through to Hokkaido Shinkansen Shichinohe-Towadatowards Morioka Tōhoku ShinkansenHayate Namiokatowards Akita Tsugaru AomoriTerminus Tsugaru-Shinjōtowards Akita Ōu Main LineRapid Tsugaru-Shinjōtowards Shinjō Ōu Main LineLocal Preceding station JR Hokkaido Following station through to Tōhoku Shinkansen Hokkaido ShinkansenHayabusa Okutsugaru-Imabetsutowards Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Hokkaido ShinkansenHayate
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Shin-Aomori Station (新青森駅, Shin-Aomori-eki) is a railway station in the city of Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

Lines

Shin-Aomori Station is the northern terminus of the Ōu Main Line from Fukushima via Akita (a distance of 486.3 km (302.2 mi)), although most trains continue to Aomori. It also forms the northern terminus of the high-speed Tōhoku Shinkansen line from Tokyo (a distance of 674.0 km (418.8 mi)), operated by JR East, and the starting point of the Hokkaido Shinkansen to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto (a distance of 148.9 km (92.5 mi)), operated by JR Hokkaido.

Station layout

The conventional Ōu Main Line has a single island platform, serving two tracks. In addition to regular Ōu Main Line trains, the station serves two round-trips per day of Aoimori Railway trains, as well as two round-trips of the irregular Resort Asunaro (direct to Noheji and the Ōminato Line). Upon the opening of the Tōhoku Shinkansen extension on 4 December 2010, the station became the southern terminus of Hakuchō Limited express services to Hakodate via the Tsugaru Kaikyō Line, which ceased upon commencement of the Hokkaidō Shinkansen in March 2016.

The Shinkansen portion of the station, which opened on 4 December 2010, consists of two elevated island platforms serving four tracks. The platforms are 263 meters long and capable of handling 10-car trains. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Previously, Shin-Aomori Station was an unmanned station consisting of a single side platform for bi-directional traffic.

Platforms

History

Shin-Aomori Station opened on 1 November 1986 as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. Work on a new station building began in July 2007, and was completed in 2010 ahead of the opening of the Tōhoku Shinkansen extension on 4 December 2010.

The Hokkaido Shinkansen to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto opened on 26 March 2016, and is being extended to Sapporo, due to open in 2031. Shinkansen services replaced the former Hakucho and Super Hakucho limited express services from March 2016.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the conventional portion station was used by an average of 3,619 passengers daily (boarding passengers only) and the Shinkansen portion by 4,033 passengers. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

• National Route 280
• Aomori-Nishi High School
• Shinjo Elementary School
• Galatown Aomori West Mall
• Aomori Kenko Land

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

1. Misawa, Manabu (January 2010). 東北新幹線・九州新幹線 建設状況最新レポート. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine. Vol. 39, no. 309. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 29–35.
2. 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. 新幹線駅別乗車人員 (2016年度) [Shinkansen passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2012年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
7. 新幹線駅別乗車人員 (2012年度) [Shinkansen passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
8. 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
9. 新幹線駅別乗車人員 (2013年度) [Shinkansen passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)

v t e Stations of the Tōhoku Shinkansen
Tokyo Ueno Ōmiya Oyama Utsunomiya Nasushiobara Shin-Shirakawa Kōriyama Fukushima Shiroishi-Zaō Sendai Furukawa Kurikoma-Kōgen Ichinoseki Mizusawa-Esashi Kitakami Shin-Hanamaki Morioka Iwate-Numakunai Ninohe Hachinohe Shichinohe-Towada Shin-Aomori (for Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto)

v t e Stations of the Hokkaido Shinkansen
(for Tokyo) Shin-Aomori Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Kikonai Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
Planned	Shin-Yakumo Oshamambe Kutchan Shin-Otaru Sapporo

v t e Transit in Aomori
Shinkansen	Tōhoku Hokkaido
JR East	Ōu Tsugaru Tsugaru-Kaikyō
JR Hokkaido	Tsugaru-Kaikyō (defunct)
Other railways	Aoimori Hachinohe Rinkai (freight) JR Freight
Terminals	Rail Aomori Asamushi-Onsen Shin-Aomori Airports Aomori Ports Aomori
Public Ferries	Mutsu-wan Seikan Sii Line Tsugaru Kaikyō
Bus	Aomori City Bus JR Bus Tōhoku Kōnan Bus Company Shimokita Kōtsu Willer Express
Aerial lifts	Hakkōda Ropeway
Miscellaneous	Cards Suica Rail transport in Japan
Japan transit: Tokyo Keihanshin Chūkyō Fukuoka–Kitakyushu Hakone–Fuji–Izu Hokkaido Aomori Sendai Akita Niigata Toyama Nagano Okayama Hiroshima Shikoku Metro systems Shinkansen trams (list) aerial lifts (list)

• Stations of East Japan Railway Company
• Railway stations in Japan opened in 1986
• Railway stations in Aomori Prefecture
• Ōu Main Line
• Tōhoku Shinkansen
• Hokkaido Shinkansen
• Transport in Aomori (city)