History
Goshogawara Station opened on 1918-09-25 as the terminus of the Mutsu Railway from Kawabe. JNR's Goshogawara Line extended from the station in 1924, and Mutsu Railway was nationalised into that line on 1927-06-01. The Tsugaru Railway began operations from a shared building on 1930-07-15. The Tsugaru Railway side was officially renamed Tsugaru-Goshogawara on 1956-07-30. Freight ended in 1984, parcels in 1985, and JR East took over the JNR side at the 1987-04-01 privatisation. The JR East exterior was rebuilt in a red-brick style and reopened on 2013-08-01. A Midori no Madoguchi window operated until 2021-06-30, replaced by a staffed-remote ticket machine.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Where the English and Japanese sources differ, this account follows the Japanese source.
Notes
Goshogawara was added to the Tōhoku Station Hundred Selection in 2002 as the gateway to the Tsugaru Peninsula, marked by its giant Tachineputa floats.