Hiroto Station

Railway station in Fukaura, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Hiroto Station

広戸駅

Hiroto Station in September 2008

General information
Location| Hiroto, Fukaura-machi, Nishitsugaru-gun, Aomori 038-2321
Japan
Coordinates| 40°40′27.29″N 139°57′20.12″E﻿ / ﻿40.6742472°N 139.9555889°E﻿ / 40.6742472; 139.9555889
Operated by|  JR East
Line(s)| ■ Gonō Line
Distance| 70.8 km from Higashi-Noshiro
Platforms| 1 side platform
Other information
Status| Unstaffed
Website| Official website (in Japanese)
History
Opened| December 25, 1954
Services
| Preceding station  |  JR East | Following station

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Fukaura

towards Higashi-Noshiro

|  | Gonō Line

Local

|  | Oirase

towards Hirosaki

Location

Hiroto Station

Location within Japan

Hiroto Station (広戸駅, Hiroto-eki) is a railway station located in the town of Fukaura, Aomori Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

## Lines

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Hiroto Station is a station on the Gonō Line, and is located 70.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro.

## Station layout

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Hiroto Station has one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended, and is managed from Goshogawara Station. There is a small weather shelter on the platform but no station building.

## History

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Hiroto Station was opened on December 25, 1954 as a station on the Japan National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.

## Surroundings

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* National Route 101
* Sea of Japan, the station is located on the shoreline with a high fence adjacent to the tracks to block waves in stormy weather.

## See also

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* List of Railway Stations in Japan

## References

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* Endo, Isao (2006). 五能線物語 「奇跡のローカル線」を生んだ最強の現場力 (Gono-sen Monogatari) (in Japanese). PHP研究所. ISBN 4569830099.
* 五能線ガイドブック (Gono-sen Guidebook) (in Japanese). 無明舎出版. 2002. ISBN 4895443078.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hiroto Station.

* Official website (in Japanese)

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Stations of the Gonō Line

* Higashi-Noshiro
* Noshiro
* Mukai-Noshiro
* Kita-Noshiro
* Torigata
* Sawame
* Higashi-Hachimori
* Hachimori
* Takinoma
* Akitashirakami
* Iwadate
* Ōmagoshi
* Shirakamidaketozanguchi
* Matsukami
* Jūniko
* Mutsu-Iwasaki
* Mutsu-Sawabe
* WeSPa-Tsubakiyama
* Henashi
* Yokoiso
* Fukaura
* Hiroto
* Oirase
* Todoroki
* Kasose
* Ōdose
* Senjōjiki
* Kita-Kanegasawa
* Mutsu-Yanagita
* Mutsu-Akaishi
* Ajigasawa
* Narusawa
* Koshimizu
* Mutsu-Morita
* Nakata
* Kizukuri
* Goshogawara
* Mutsu-Tsuruda
* Tsurudomari
* Itayanagi
* Hayashizaki
* Fujisaki
* Kawabe

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