Takizawa Station

Takizawa Station 滝沢駅
Takizawa Station, May 2006
Location	90 Nozawa, Takizawa, Iwate （岩手県滝沢市野沢90） Japan
Operated by	Iwate Ginga Railway Company
Line(s)	Iwate Ginga Railway Line
History
Opened	1906
Traffic
Passengers (FY2012)	2953 daily

Takizawa Station (滝沢駅, Takizawa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Takizawa, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Iwate Ginga Railway. ^[1]

Lines

Takizawa Station is served by the Iwate Ginga Railway Line, and is located 12.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station and 547.5 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station. Trains of the Hanawa Line, which officially terminates at Kōma usually continue on to Morioka Station, stopping at all intermediate stations, including Aoyama Station.

Station layout

Takizawa Station has one island platform and a single side platform connected to the station building by an overhead crossing.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Takizawa Station was opened on 21 January 1906.^[1] The station building was rebuilt in September 1967. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987 and was transferred to the Iwate Ginga Railway on 1 September 2002.

Surrounding area

• Iwate Prefectural University
• Morioka University

References

External links

• Takizawa Station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 39°47′56.1″N 141°8′57.8″E / 39.798917°N 141.149389°E / 39.798917; 141.149389