Nakasawa Station

Nakasawa Station (中沢駅) is a railway station on the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Tsugaru Line located in the city of Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The station is on the border between the city of Aomori and the town of Yomogita, and “Nakazawa” is a place name within Yomogita.

Lines
Nakasawa Station is served by the Tsugaru Line, and is located 16.8 km from the starting point of the line at Aomori.

Station layout
Nakasawa Station has one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended. There is no station building, but only a weather shelter on Platform 1.

Platforms
Some limited express trains, including Hokutosei, stop at this station without embarkment or disembarkment for siding.

History
Nakasawa Station was opened on November 25, 1959 as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. A siding track was added in March 1988.