On March 24, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) submitted a notification to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism that it will discontinue railway operations on the section of the Tsugaru Line between Shin-Nakashoguni Signal Station and Minmaya Station in Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
The Tsugaru Line is a railway line in Aomori Prefecture connecting Aomori Station and Minmaya Station over a distance of 55.8 kilometers. Of this, the section between Kanita Station and Minmaya Station, which includes the soon-to-be-discontinued Shin-Nakashoguni Signal Station–Minmaya Station segment, has been out of service since heavy rainfall damage in August 2022, and substitute transportation by bus and other means is still being provided.
JR East has estimated that restoration would cost more than 600 million yen, and in 2025 the company and the local municipalities along the line agreed to discontinue passenger transportation on this section as of April 1, 2027, and convert it to road-based transportation.
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