Ashigase Station

Ashigase Station 足ヶ瀬駅
Ashigase Station, September 2007
Location	Kamigōchō, Hosokoshi 38, Tōno, Iwate （岩手県遠野市上郷町細越38） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Kamaishi Line
History
Opened	1915

Ashigase Station (足ヶ瀬駅, Ashigase-ek) is a railway station on the Kamaishi Line in Tōno, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Ashigase Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 61.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.

Station layout

Ashigase Station has a single island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Kamaishi Line	for Kamaishi and Miyako
2	■ Kamaishi Line	for Tōno and Hanamaki

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Kamaishi Line
Rapid: no stop
Hirakura	Local	Kamiarisu

History

Ashigase Station opened on 23 November 1915 initially as a station on the Iwate Light Railway, which 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.

Surrounding area

The station is located in an isolated rural area.

External links

JR East Station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Kamaishi Line

Hanamaki Nitanai Shin-Hanamaki Oyamada Tsuchizawa Haruyama Iwanebashi Miyamori Kashiwagidaira Masuzawa Arayamae Iwate-Futsukamachi Ayaori Tōno Aozasa Iwate-Kamigō Hirakura Ashigase Kamiarisu Rikuchū-Ōhashi Dōsen Matsukura Kosano Kamaishi

Coordinates: 39°15′17″N 141°38′46″E / 39.2548°N 141.6460°E / 39.2548; 141.6460

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