Iwanami Station

Iwanami Station
岩波駅
Iwanami station building and the platform.
Location
Prefecture Shizuoka
(See other stations in Shizuoka)
City Susono
Neighborhood etc. Iwanami
Postal code410-1101
(in Japanese)静岡県裾野市岩波
History
Year opened 1944
Rail services
Operator(s) JR Central
Line(s) Gotemba Line
Statistics 1,721 passengers/day (FY2006)
Small bus terminal at this station

Iwanami Station (岩波駅 Iwanami-eki) is a railway station on the Gotemba Line in the eastern part of Susono, Shizuoka, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

Station layout

Iwanami Station has a single island platform. The station was originally located on a switchback, which was eliminated when the line was electrified in 1968, and the platform realigned; a vestigal remnant of the former switchback is retained as a side track to the north of the station. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a "Midori no Madoguchi" ticket office, and is manned only during daytime hours. It is connected to the platform with an overpass.

Platforms

1 Gotemba Line for Gotemba, Yamakita, Matsuda, and Kōzu
2 Gotemba Line for Numazu

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Gotemba Line
Fujioka Local Susono

History

Iwanami Station began opened on December 8, 1944. Along with its division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of JR Central. The current station building dates from 1989.

References

  • Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7
  • Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Tokyo: JTB Corporation. vol. II. ISBN 4533029809.

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    Coordinates: 35°12′58″N 138°55′09″E / 35.216075°N 138.91912°E