Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station

Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station 奥津軽いまべつ駅
Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station in June 2016
Location	Ōkawadai, Imabetsu, Higashitsugaru, Aomori Prefecture Japan
Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	Hakodate Main Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
History
Opened	13 March 1988
Rebuilt	2016
Previous names	Tsugaru-Imabetsu (until 2016)
Location
Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station Location within Japan

Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station (奥津軽いまべつ駅^?, Okutsugaru-Imabetsu-eki) is a railway station on the Hokkaido Shinkansen in the town of Imabetsu, Aomori Prefecture, on the island of Honshu, Japan. It is operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), and is the last stop in Honshu before the Seikan Tunnel to Hokkaido.

Okusugaru-Imabetsu Station is served by the Hokkaido Shinkansen between Tokyo or Shin-Aomori and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto. It used to be served by the Kaikyō Line between Aomori and Hakodate prior to the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen. After the opening of the shinkansen line, the Kaikyō Line is normally used by freight trains only.

Before the Hokkaido Shinkansen stations were made, Tsugaru-Imabetsu Station had two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. There was no station building, but only a small weather shelter on the platform. The station was unattended.

Although the station is in the middle of the 82-kilometer section shared by the standard-gauge Hokkaido Shinkansen and the-narrow gauge Kaikyō Line, narrow gauge trains use separate tracks (two each) on the both sides of the shinkansen station so that only shinkansen trains pass through the passenger platforms.

It is physically connected to Tsugaru-Futamata Station on the JR East Tsugaru Line by an underground passage.

Tsugaru-Imabetsu Station (津軽今別駅^?, Tsugaru-Imabetsu-eki) on the Kaikyō Line opened on March 13, 1988. From 2002, only the limited express Hakuchō services stopped at this station. According to the 2015 timetable, there were two trains per day in each direction.