Henashi Station

Henashi Station (艫作駅) is a railway station located in the town of Fukaura, Aomori Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines
Henashi Station is a station on the Gonō Line, and is located 39.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro.

Station layout
Henashi Station has one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended, and is managed from Goshogawara Station. The station was built with double opposed side platforms, but only a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic is currently in use.

History
Henashi Station was opened on July 30, 1936, as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (successor of JGR) on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. A new station building was completed in November 2010.

Surrounding area

 * Sea of Japan
 * Sea of Japan