Iwanoshita Station

Iwanoshita Station 岩ノ下駅
Iwanoshita Station in October 2010
Location	Higashiyama-cho Matsukawa-aze Iwanoshita 183, Ichinoseki, Iwate （岩手県一関市東山町松川字岩ノ下183） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ōfunato Line
History
Opened	1966

Iwanoshita Station (岩ノ下駅, Iwanoshita-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Iwanoshita Station is served by the Ōfunato Line, and is located 17.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ichinoseki Station.

Station layout

Iwanoshita Station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. There is no station building, but only a shelter for waiting passengers. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ōfunato Line
Rikuchū-Kanzaki		-	Rikuchū-Matsukawa

History

Iwanoshita Station opened on December 1, 1966. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

Some small businesses and stores have grown up around the station.

Sunatetsu River
Iwanoshita Police Office

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Iwanoshita Station.

JR East Station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Ōfunato Line

Stations in Italics were destroyed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and are currently being served by a provisional Bus Rapid Transit line.

Coordinates: 38°56′53″N 141°14′43″E / 38.9480°N 141.2452°E / 38.9480; 141.2452

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