Isawa-onsen Station

Isawa-onsen Station
石和温泉駅
Isawa-onsen Station
Location
Prefecture Yamanashi
(See other stations in Yamanashi)
City Fuefuki
Neighborhood etc. 177-1, Isawa-cho Matsumoto
Coordinates35°39′27″N 138°38′07″E / 35.657561°N 138.635281°ECoordinates: 35°39′27″N 138°38′07″E / 35.657561°N 138.635281°E
Postal code406-0021
(in Japanese)山梨県笛吹市石和町松本177-1
History
Year opened 1903
Former name Isawa Station
Present name since 1993
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Chūō Main Line
Statistics 2,588 passengers/day 2010
Small bus terminal at this station

Isawa-onsen Station (石和温泉駅 Isawa-onsen-eki) is a railway station of Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight), in Isawa-Matsumoto, in the city of Fuefuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. It is located rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Layout

Isawa-onsen Station has a single side platform and a single island platform. The platforms are connected to the two-story wooden station building by an overpass.

Platforms

1 Chūō Main Line (down, mainline) for Kōfu, Nirasaki, Kobuchizawa and Matsumoto
2 Chūō Main Line (up, mainline) for Ōtsuki, Hachiōji, Tachikawa and Shinjuku
3 Chūō Main Line (up, sidetrack)  

History

Isawa-onsen Station was opened on 11 June 1903 as Isawa Station (石和駅) on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). The JGR became the JNR (Japanese National Railways) after the end of World War II. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from March 1985. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the joint control of the East Japan Railway Company and the Japan Freight Railway Company. The station was named to its present name on April 1, 1993. Freight operations were discontinued from July 16, 1999. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation from October 16, 2004.

Adjacent stations

«Service»
JR East
Kasugaichō   Chūō Main Line   Sakaori

Surroundings

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