Suwanotaira Station

Railway station in Nanbu, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Preceding station	Aoimori Railway			Following station
Sannohe towards Metoki		Aoimori Railway Line		Kenyoshi towards Aomori

Location
Suwanotaira Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Show map of Aomori Prefecture Suwanotaira Station Suwanotaira Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Suwanotaira Station (諏訪ノ平駅, Suwanotaira-eki) is a railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line in the town of Nanbu in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company.

Lines

Suwanotaira Station is served by the Aoimori Railway Line, and is 9.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Metoki Station. It is 626.8 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Suwanotaira Station has two ground-level opposed side platforms serving two tracks connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Aoimori Railway Line	for Hachinohe and Aomori
3	■ Aoimori Railway Line	for Sannohe and Morioka

History

Suwanotaira Station was opened on January 15, 1933 as a station of the Tohoku Main Line on the Japan National Railways (JNR). Freight operations were discontinued from April 1962. The station has been unattended since October 1979. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. It came under the control of the Aoimori Railway Line on December 1, 2002.