Iwaizumi Station

Iwaizumi Station
岩泉駅
Iwaizumi Station, September 2007
Location
Prefecture Iwate
(See other stations in Iwate)
Town Iwaizumi
Neighborhood etc. Nakano
Postal code027-0500
(in Japanese)岩手県下閉伊郡岩泉町中野
History
Year opened 1972
Year closed 2014
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Iwaizumi Line

Iwaizumi Station (岩泉駅 Iwaizumi-eki) was a railway station on the Iwaizumi Line in Iwaizumi, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Iwaizumi Station was the terminus of the Iwaizumi Line, and was located 38.4 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at Moichi Station.[1]

Station layout

The station had a single side platform serving traffic in both directions, connected to a two-story station building. The platform was designed as an island platform as there were plans to connect the station to the Kira Rias Line, but no track was laid on one side of the platform.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Iwaizumi Line
Nishōishi - Terminus

History

Iwaizumi Station opened on 6 February 1972.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.[1] Operations on the Iwaizumi Line were suspended from July 2010, and the line was officially closed on 1 April 2014.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 14 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 42[4]
2005 44[5]
2010 14[3]

Surrounding area

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] II. Japan: JTB. p. 502. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. JTB Timetable (April 2014) p.623
  3. 3.0 3.1 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 April 2014.

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Coordinates: 39°50′42″N 141°47′12″E / 39.844936°N 141.786722°E