Tsuchizawa Station
Tsuchizawa Station 土沢駅 | |
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| Tsuchizawa Station, September 2009 | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Iwate (See other stations in Iwate) |
| City | Hanamaki |
| Neighborhood etc. | 8-446 Tsuchizawa Tōwa-chō |
| Postal code | 028-0114 |
| (in Japanese) | 岩手県花巻市東和町土沢8区446 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1913 |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | JR East |
| Line(s) | Kamaishi Line |
| Statistics | 183 passengers/day (FY 2012) |
Tsuchizawa Station (土沢駅 Tsuchizawa-eki) is a railway station on the Kamaishi Line in Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
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
Tsuchizawa Station has a single island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is staffed.
Platforms
| 1 | ■Kamaishi Line | for Tōno and Kamaishi |
| 2 | ■Kamaishi Line | for Hanamaki and Morioka |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamaishi Line | ||||
| Shin-Hanamaki | Rapid | Miyamori | ||
| Oyamada | Local | Haruyama | ||
History
Tsuchizawa Station opened on 24 October 1913 as a station on the Iwate Light Railway, which 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.
Surrounding area
- Tetsugoro Yorozu Memorial Museum
- Tōwa Post Office
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Japan National Route 283 -
Japan National Route 456
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tsuchizawa Station. |
- JR East Station information (Japanese)
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Coordinates: 39°23′00″N 141°13′56″E / 39.3834°N 141.2322°E