Tsuchizawa Station

Tsuchizawa Station (土沢駅, Tsuchizawa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Tsuchizawa Station

土沢駅
Tsuchizawa Station, September 2009
Location8-446 Tsuchizawa Tōwa-chō, Hanamak-shi, Iwate-ken 028-0114
Japan
Coordinates39.3834°N 141.2322°E / 39.3834; 141.2322
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Kamaishi Line
Distance15.9 km from Hanamaki
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened24 October 1913
Traffic
Passengers (FY2017)168
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Shin-Hanamaki
toward Hanamaki
 Kamaishi Line
Rapid Hamayuri
 Miyamori
toward Kamaishi
Oyamada
toward Hanamaki
 Kamaishi Line
Local
 Haruyama
toward Kamaishi
Location
Tsuchizawa Station
Location within Iwate Prefecture
Tsuchizawa Station
Tsuchizawa Station (Japan)

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

The station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms
1 ■ Kamaishi Line for Tōno and Kamaishi
2 ■ Kamaishi Line for Hanamaki and Morioka

History

Tsuchizawa Station opened on 24 October 1913 as a station on the Iwate Light Railway (岩手軽便鉄道), 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).[1] The line 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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 168 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

Official website (in Japanese)

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