Tsuchizaki Station
# Tsuchizaki Station

Tsuchizaki Station (土崎駅, Tsuchizaki-eki) is a railway station in Tsuchizaki Minato, Akita City, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).The station is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

## Lines

Tsuchizaki Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 292.3 km from the starting point of the line at Fukushima Station. The Oga Line train services also stop at this station, which is past the nominal terminus of the line at Oiwake.

There was a 1.8 km freight branch line from this station to Akita Port Station.

## Station layout

The station has two unnumbered opposed side platforms serving two tracks connected by a footbridge. The station is attended.

### Platforms

| west | ■ Oga Line | for Oga |
| - | - | - |
| west | ■ Ōu Main Line | for Higashi-Noshiro and Hirosaki |
| east | ■ Ōu Main Line | for Akita and Ōmagari |

## History

Tsuchizaki Station opened on 21 October 1902. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 2076 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

## Surrounding area

* Japan Railway Tsuchizaki Factory
* Minato Castle
* Port of Akita
* Akita Port Tower Selion
* National Route 7
* Tsuchizaki Post Office
* Tsuchizaki Library
