Asamushi-Onsen Station
Asamushi-Onsen Station is a railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line in the city of Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, operated by the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company. Asamushi-Onsen Station is served by the Aoimori Railway Line, is 104.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Metoki Station. It is 722.0 kilometers from Tokyo. Asamushi-Onsen Station has an island platform and a side platform serving three tracks, connected the station building by a footbridge; the station building is attended. The station opened on September 1891, as Asamushi Station on the Nippon Railway, it became a station on the Tōhoku Main Line of the Japanese Government Railways, the pre-war predecessor to the Japanese National Railways, after the nationalization of the Nippon Railway on November 1, 1906. Scheduled freight services were discontinued in February 1962; the station was renamed Asamushi-Onsen on November 1, 1986. With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of East Japan Railway Company.
The section of the Tōhoku Main Line including this station was transferred to Aoimori Railway on December 4, 2010. Aomori City Bus For Aomori Station via Nonai Asamushi Post Office Asamushi hot spring Asamushi Aquarium List of railway stations in Japan JTB Timetable December 2010 issue Official website
Shimizugawa Station
Shimizugawa Station is a railway station in the town of Hiranai, Aomori Prefecture, operated by the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company. Shimizugawa Station is served by the Aoimori Railway Line, is 88.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Metoki Station. It is 705.8 kilometers from Tokyo. Shimizugawa Station has two unnumbered opposing side platforms serving two tracks, connected the station building by a footbridge; the small station building is unattended. Shimizugawa Station was established on November 1922 as the Shimizugawa Signal, it was elevated to a full station on the Tōhoku Main Line of the Japanese Government Railways, the pre-war predecessor to the Japan National Railways, on June 20, 1936. Scheduled freight services were discontinued in April 1962. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of East Japan Railway Company; the section of the Tōhoku Main Line including this station was transferred to Aoimori Railway on December 4, 2010.
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Nishi-Hiranai Station
Nishi-Hiranai Station is a railway station in the town of Hiranai, Aomori Prefecture, operated by the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company. Nishi-Hiranai Station is served by the Aoimori Railway Line, is 98.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Metoki Station. It is 715.6 kilometers from Tokyo. Nishi-Hiranai Station has two unnumbered opposed side platforms, connected the station building by a footbridge; the station is unattended. Nishi-Hiranai Station was opened on October 1, 1939 as a station on the Tōhoku Main Line of the Japanese Government Railways, the pre-war predecessor to the Japan National Railways. Scheduled freight services were discontinued in November 1961; the station has been unattended since August 1970. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of East Japan Railway Company; the section of the Tōhoku Main Line including this station was transferred to Aoimori Railway on December 4, 2010. Nishi-Hiranai-Yūbinkyoku-Mae bus stop Shimokita bus For Inaoi via Moura For Asamushi-Onsen For Karibasawa via Hiranai-Yakuba-Mae and Shimizugawa Nishihiranai Post Office National Route 4 Nishi-Hiranai Junior High School Yamaguchi Elementary School List of Railway Stations in Japan JTB Timetable December 2010 issue Official website
Japanese Government Railways
The Japanese Government Railways was the national railway system directly operated by the central government of Japan until 1949. It is a predecessor of the Japan Railways Group; the English name "Japanese Government Railways" was what the Ministry of Railways of Japan used to call its own "Ministry Lines" and sometimes the ministry itself as a railway operator. Other English names for the government railways include Imperial Japanese Government Railways and Imperial Government Railways, which were used prior to the establishment of the ministry; this article however covers the railways operated by the central government of Japan from 1872 to 1949 notwithstanding the official English name of the system of each era. By the end of World War II in 1945, the Japanese Government Railways operated on the main Japanese islands of Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū, Shikoku and Karafuto; the railways in Taiwan and Korea were operated by the local Governor-General Offices - the Taiwan Government-General Railway and the Chosen Government Railway - and were not part of JGR.
While the JGR was the only major operator of intercity railways after the railway nationalization in 1906-07 owned regional railways were active. The gauge of the railway was 1,067 mm with minor exceptions of 762 mm gauge lines; the first railway in Japan was operated by the imperial government in 1872. The idea of centralization of the railway was promoted under the idea of "breaking down of the geographical barriers that existed in the feudal communities which hindered the centralization of authority". Early shareholders of the railway were members of the nobility, holding "the major portion of capital"; the governmental system was expanded by the promulgation of the Railway Nationalization Act in 1906. In 1920, the Ministry of Railways was established. In 1949, JGR was reorganized to become a state-owned public corporation named the Japanese National Railways. June 12, 1872 - Provisional opening of Tokyo-Yokohama railway October 14, 1872 - Formal opening of Tokyo-Yokohama railway October 1, 1907 - Completion of nationalization of 17 private railways under 1906 Railway Nationalization Act December 20, 1914 - Opening of Tokyo Station November 1, 1925 - Inauguration of the Yamanote Loop Line April 1, 1943 - Inclusion of Karafuto prefectural lines into national system February 1, 1946 - Official exclusion of Soviet-occupied Karafuto lines from national system June 1, 1949 - Establishment of Japanese National Railways, i.e. end of Japanese Government Railways April 1, 1987 - Privatization of JNR, establishment of seven JR companies Before the establishment of the Japanese National Railways as a public corporation on June 1, 1949, the Japanese Government Railways were operated by the governmental agencies.
The table below shows the historical operators of the JGR. Translated names of ministries may not be official. Names of the operating department mean "department of railways" or like. Since opening in 1872, the railway set fares for passengers in three classes; the transportation of freight was charged based on class of goods. In 1872, passengers could choose from Upper and Lower classes, which were renamed as First and Third classes. Freight was shipped using one of five rates based on 100 kin of product. A 1923 review of the shipping tariffs further explained that goods are divided into three shipping classes: koguchi atsukai, kashikini atsukai and tokushu atsukai, it was possible to ship them via futsubin and kyukobin. "It may, therefore, be said that the freight rates of the State-owned railways in Japan are of absolute uniformity." As Japan is an island nation, it was noted that ocean-going vessels are a major source of competition for the freight business of the railway. The government mandated the use of automatic couplers on all cars on the system in July 1925.
The system was transitioning from vacuum brakes to air brakes at this time, with most freight cars equipped with air brakes by April 1927. One of the roles of the Japanese Government Railways was to attract foreign tourists to Japan. In 1930, the government created the Board of Tourist Industry as a section of the Japanese Government Railways; the Board printed and distributed picture posters and English guidebooks overseas and encouraged development of resort hotels at home. The Board was dissolved in 1942, following the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941. Inoue Masaru - Head of the government railways between 1871 and 1893 Hirai Seijirō - Head of the government railways between 1904 and 1908 Gotō Shinpei - Head of the government railways between 1908 and 1911 Takejirō Tokonami - Head of government railways in 1920s and early 1930s Eisaku Satō - serves as a railway official between 1924 and 1948
Aomori Station
Aomori Station is a railway station in the city of Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company and the third-sector railway operator Aoimori Railway. Aomori Station is served by the following lines: Ōu Main Line Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line Aoimori Railway Line Aomori Station has three island platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge; the station has a View Plaza travel agency. Super Hakucho and Hakucho services reverse through the Ōu Main Line to terminate at Shin-Aomori; the following Limited express services stop at Aomori Station: Hakuchō Tsugaru The following overnight sleeping car services used to operate to and from Aomori Station. Akebono Nihonkai The station opened on 1 September 1891. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. Aomori Bay Bridge Aomori Station building "Lovina" A-Factory Station square building "Auga" Aomori Citizens Library Aomori station square police box JR Bus Tohoku Aomori office Odashima Building Towada Kanko Bus Aomori ticket counter Aomori Prefectural Office Aomori City Hall Buses serving the station are operated by the following operators.
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Kitatakaiwa Station
Kitatakaiwa Station is a railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line in the city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, operated by the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company. Kitatakaiwa Station is served by the Aoimori Railway Line, is 21.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Metoki Station. It is 638.3 kilometers from Tokyo Station. Kitatakaiwa Station has a one ground-level island platform and one ground-level side platform serving three tracks connected to the station building by a footbridge. However, only tracks 1 and 3 are in use, track 2 is used as a siding; the station is staffed. Kitatakaiwa Station was opened on August 10, 1923 as a station of the Tohoku Main Line on the Japan National Railways. Freight operations were discontinued from April 1962; the station has been unattended since May 1980. 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.
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Sannohe Station
Sannohe Station is a railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line in the town of Nanbu, Aomori Prefecture, operated by the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company. Sannohe Station is served by the Aoimori Railway Line, is 5.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Metoki Station. It is 622.8 kilometers from Tokyo Station. Sannohe Station has a one ground-level island platform and one ground-level side platform serving three tracks connected to the station building by a footbridge. However, only tracks 1 and 3 are in use, track 2 is used as a siding; the station is staffed. Note: Track 2 is used for freight trains changing direction. Sannohe Station was opened on September 1898 as Sannohe Station of the Nippon Railway; when the Nippon Railway was nationalized on November 1, 1906, it became a station of the Tōhoku Main Line on the Japan National Railways, the kanji for its name was changed to the present configuration. 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 control of the Aoimori Railway Line on December 1, 2002. Mabechi River former Nanbu Town Hall Sannohe Castle site List of Railway Stations in Japan Official website]
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