Tsugaru-Futamata Station

Tsugaru-Futamata Station (津軽二股駅) is a railway station on the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Tsugaru Line located in the town of Imabetsu, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Lines
Tsugaru-Futamata Station is served by the Tsugaru Line, and is located 46.6 km from the starting point of the line at Aomori. As of August 2022 service has been suspended due to damage caused by heavy rainfall, and there are no plans to restore service.

Station layout
Tsugaru-Futamata Station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended. The station building also doubles as Michi-no-eki Imabetsu serving vehicular traffic.

History
Tsugaru-Futamata Station was opened on October 21, 1958, as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were discontinued from October 20, 1968. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.

Surrounding area
The station is next to the Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station of the Hokkaido Shinkansen (which runs immediately adjacent and parallel to Tsugaru-Futamata). Prior to the opening of Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station, there was the Tsugaru-Imabetsu Station on the Kaikyō Line at the same location, which was connected by a stairway.