Naka-Oguni Station
Naka-Oguni Station is a railway station on the Tsugaru Line in the town of Sotogahama, Aomori, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.
Lines
Naka-Oguni Station is served by the JR East Tsugaru Line and is from the southern terminus of the line at Aomori Station.On 3 August 2022 service between Kanita and Tsugaru was suspended indefinitely due to heavy rainfall and flood damage, and there are no plans to restore service. JR East and local governments have agreed to convert the section of line between Kanita and Tsugaru to bus and taxi services and it will be permanently closed on 1 April 2027.
Station layout
Naka-Oguni Station has one side platform serving a single bidirectional track. The station is unattended.History
The station opened on 21 October 1958, as a station on the Japanese National Railways. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. With the opening of the Tsugaru Kaikyō Line on 13 March 1988, operation of the station was shared between JR East and JR Hokkaido, and the station was regarded as the southern starting point of the Tsugaru Kaikyō Line for the determination of railway fares, although no trains of Kaikyō Line stopped at the station, and the effective southern terminus for all Tsugaru Kaikyō Line trains was at Aomori Station.Services on the Tsugaru Kaikyō ceased on 26 March 2016 when the Hokkaido Shinkansen opened and replaced regular passenger services connecting Aomori and Hakodate.
Shin‑Naka‑Oguni Signal Station
Shin‑Naka‑Oguni Signal Station:ja::新中小国信号場| is the junction of the Tsugaru Line and the Kaikyō Line.Up to this point the two lines share the same track from Aomori Station. The junction also marks the border between the electrified portion of the Tsugaru Line and the non-electrified portion, as well as the border between JR East and JR Hokkaido. Approximately north of Shin‑Naka‑Oguni Signal Station the Kaikyō Line curves to the right, with the outbound track passing underneath both Hokkaido Shinkansen tracks before merging with it and entering the Ohira Tunnel.