Tsuchizawa Station
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Tsuchizawa Station 土沢駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Tsuchizawa Station, September 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 8-446 Tsuchizawa Tōwa-chō, Hanamak-shi, Iwate-ken 028-0114 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°23′00″N 141°13′56″E / 39.3834°N 141.2322°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Kamaishi Line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 15.9 km from Hanamaki | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 24 October 1913 | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| FY2017 | 168 | |||||||||||||||
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Tsuchizawa Station (土沢駅, Tsuchizawa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Tsuchizawa Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 15.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.
Station layout
[edit]The station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Kamaishi Line | for Tōno and Kamaishi |
| 2 | ■ Kamaishi Line | for Hanamaki and Morioka |
History
[edit]Tsuchizawa Station opened on 24 October 1913 as a station on the Iwate Light Railway (岩手軽便鉄道), a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) light railway extending 65.4 km from Hanamaki to the now-defunct Sennintōge Station (仙人峠駅).[1] The line was nationalized in 1936, becoming the Kamaishi 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 2017, the station was used by an average of 168 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Tetsugoro Yorozu Memorial Museum
- Tōwa Post Office
National Route 283
National Route 456
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Miyata, Hiroyuki (June 2014). 釜石線ショートヒストリー ～路線と蒸気機関車～ [A short history of the Kamaishi Line: The line and steam locomotives]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 54, no. 638. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. pp. 24–25.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
External links
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Official website (in Japanese)