Fukaura Station
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is a railway station on the JR East
East Japan Railway Company
is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....

 Gonō Line
Gono Line
The is a railway line in Japan linking Higashi-Noshiro Station in Akita Prefecture with Kawabe Station in Aomori Prefecture, in the northern Tōhoku region of Honshū. The line stretches 147.2 km along the Sea of Japan coast with a total of 43 stations...

 located in the town of Fukaura
Fukaura, Aomori
is a town located in the Nishitsugaru District of Aomori Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of Japan. As of 2009, the town had an estimated population of 9,917 and a density of 20.3 persons per km²...

, Aomori Prefecture
Aomori Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region. The capital is the city of Aomori.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Aomori prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....

 Japan
Japan
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. It is 66.9 rail kilometers from the southern terminus
Terminal Station
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 of the Gonō Line at Higashi-Noshiro Station
Higashi-Noshiro Station
is a railway station on the JR East. It is located in Noshiro, Akita, Japan.-Station structure:* 2-way, 3-track, above-ground station.Platforms...

.

History

Fukaura Station was opened on December 13, 1934 as a station on the Japan National Railways (JNR). With the privatization
Privatization
Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency or public service from the public sector to the private sector or to private non-profit organizations...

 of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.

Station layout

Fukaura Station has a single island platform
Island platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

 serving two tracks. The station is attended during normal daytime working hours, and has a “Green Window” service counter.

Platforms

1 Gonō Line
Gono Line
The is a railway line in Japan linking Higashi-Noshiro Station in Akita Prefecture with Kawabe Station in Aomori Prefecture, in the northern Tōhoku region of Honshū. The line stretches 147.2 km along the Sea of Japan coast with a total of 43 stations...

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2 Gonō Line
Gono Line
The is a railway line in Japan linking Higashi-Noshiro Station in Akita Prefecture with Kawabe Station in Aomori Prefecture, in the northern Tōhoku region of Honshū. The line stretches 147.2 km along the Sea of Japan coast with a total of 43 stations...

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Adjacent stations

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