Iwama Station
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Article ImagesIwama Station (岩間駅, Iwama-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Iwama Station 岩間駅 | |||||||||||
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Iwama Station, January 2022 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Shimogo 4439, Kasama-shi, Ibaraki-ken 319-0202 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°17′44″N 140°16′36″E / 36.2955°N 140.2767°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Jōban Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 91.9 km from Nippori | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 4 November 1895 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2019 | 1312 daily | ||||||||||
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Iwama Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 91.9 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.
The station consists of two opposed side platforms, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed. Two local trains stop approximately every hour during the day.
Iwama Station was opened on 4 November 1895. 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 July 2012.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1312 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
- former Iwama Town Hall
- Iwama Post Office
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
Media related to Iwama Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)