Kanegasaki Station

Kanegasaki Station
金ヶ崎駅

Kanegasaki Station, March 2007
Location Nishine Sugidote 2-1, Kanegasaki-machi, Isawa-gun, Iwate-ken 029-4503
Japan
Coordinates 39°11′58″N 141°06′47″E / 39.1995°N 141.1130°E / 39.1995; 141.1130Coordinates: 39°11′58″N 141°06′47″E / 39.1995°N 141.1130°E / 39.1995; 141.1130
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■ Tōhoku Main Line
Distance 477.7 km from Tokyo
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type At grade
Other information
Status Staffed
Website Official website
History
Opened 1 July 1897
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016) 585 daily
Location
Kanegasaki Station
Location within Japan

Kanegasaki Station (金ヶ崎駅, Kanegasaki-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in the town of Kanegasaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kanegasaki Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 477.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Kanegasaki Station is an elevated station and has two opposed side platforms. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1 ■ Tōhoku Main Line for Mizusawa and Ichinoseki
2 ■ Tōhoku Main Line for Kitakami and Morioka

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tōhoku Main Line
Mizusawa - Rokuhara

History

Kanegasaki Station was opened on 1 July 1897.[1]The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. A new station building was completed in November 2004.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 585 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ↑ JR East station information (in Japanese)
  2. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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