Sannohe Station

Sannohe Station (三戸駅) is a railway station located in the Aoimori Railway Line in the town of Nanbu in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company.

Lines
Sannohe Station is one of the six principal stations served by the Aoimori Railway Line, and is located 5.5 kilometers from the lines terminus at Metoki Station. It is situated 622.8 kilometers away from Tokyo Station.

Station layout
Sannohe Station has 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, while track 2 is used as a siding. The station is staffed.

Platforms

 * Note: Track 2 is used primarily for freight trains changing direction.

History
Sannohe Station was opened on September 1, 1898, as Sannohe Station (三ノ戸駅) of the Nippon Railway. When the Nippon Railway was nationalized on November 1, 1906, it became a station on the Tōhoku Main Line of the Japan National Railways (JNR), and 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.

Surrounding area

 * Mabechi River
 * Former Nanbu Town Hall
 * Sannohe Castle site