Kominato

Weekday departures: 43/day · Sat & holiday departures: 43/day

First / last train (weekday): 6:10 / 23:21

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (5)

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• Aoimori Railway Line: Shimizugawa ⇄ Nishi-Hiranai

Kominato Station opened provisionally as a freight stop in 1889 to handle Tōhoku Main Line construction materials shipped through Kominato Port, then entered regular service on 1 September 1891 with the line's extension between Morioka and Aomori. Telegraph service began on 16 March 1893. From July 1946 to July 1949 a freight-only Aomori-Hakodate connecting ferry route operated from Kominato. Freight handling ended on 31 March 1973 and parcel handling on 14 March 1985. With the JNR split on 1 April 1987 the station came under JR East; on 4 December 2010 the section was transferred to Aoimori Railway following the Shinkansen extension to Shin-Aomori.

Long before its modern role as the centre stop for the town of Hiranai, Kominato hosted a wartime freight-only ferry to Hakodate from 1946 until services ended three years later.