Iwase Station
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Iwase Station 岩瀬駅 | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Ōta 1365, Sakuragawa, Ibaraki-ken 309-1217 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°21′34″N 140°06′32″E / 36.3594°N 140.1088°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Mito Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 29.6 km from Oyama | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side + 1island platform | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 16 January 1889 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2019 | 918 daily | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Iwase Station (岩瀬駅, Iwase-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Sakuragawa, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Iwase Station is served by the Mito Line, and is located 29.6 km from the official starting point of the line at Oyama Station.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of one side platform and one island platform, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed
Platforms
[edit]1 | ■ Mito Line | for Tomobe and Mito |
2, 3 | ■ Mito Line | for Shimodate and Oyama |
History
[edit]Iwase Station was opened on 16 January 1889. From 1918 to 1987 it was also a terminal station for the now defunct Tsukuba Railway Tsukuba Line. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 918 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
[edit]- former Iwase Town Hall
- Iwase Post Office
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
External links
[edit]Media related to Iwase Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East Station Information (in Japanese)