Iwate-Futsukamachi Station

Iwate-Futsukamachi Station
岩手二日町駅
Iwate-Futsukamachi Station in October 2010
Location 75 Kamiayaori Ayaori-chō, Tōno-shi, Iwate-ken 028-0533
Japan
Coordinates 39°19′25″N 141°27′21″E / 39.3235°N 141.4559°E / 39.3235; 141.4559Coordinates: 39°19′25″N 141°27′21″E / 39.3235°N 141.4559°E / 39.3235; 141.4559
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■ Kamaishi Line
Distance 39.3 km from Hanamaki
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Structure type At grade
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Website Official website
History
Opened 15 December 1914
Previous names Futsukamachi (to 1924)
Location
Iwate-Futsukamachi Station
Location within Japan

Iwate-Futsukamachi Station (岩手二日町駅, Iwate-Futsukamachi-eki) is a railway station on the Kamaishi Line in the city of Tōno, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Iwate-Futsukamachi Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 39.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.[1]

Station layout

Iwate-Futsukamachi Station has a single side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kamaishi Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Arayamae Local Ayaori

History

The station opened on 15 December 1914 as Futsukamachi Stop (二日町停留場, Futsukamachi Teiryujo) on the Iwate Light Railway (岩手軽便鉄道),[1] a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) light railway extending 65.4 km from Hanamaki to the now-defunct Sennintōge Station (仙人峠駅).[2] The station was elevated to a full passenger station and renamed Iwate-Futsukamachi on 15 December 1924.[1]

The line was nationalized in August 1936, becoming the Kamaishi Line.[2] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Japan: JTB. p. 492-493. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. 1 2 Miyata, Hiroyuki (June 2014). 釜石線ショートヒストリー　～路線と蒸気機関車～ [A short history of the Kamaishi Line: The line and steam locomotives]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 54 no. 638. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. pp. 24–25.
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