Iwase Station

Iwase Station
岩瀬駅

Iwase Station, April 2008
Location Ōta 1365, Sakuragawa, Ibaraki
(茨城県桜川市犬田1365)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Mito Line
History
Opened 1889
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 1063 daily

Iwase Station (岩瀬駅 Iwase-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Sakuragawa, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Iwase Station is served by the Mito Line, and is located 29.6 km from the official starting point of the line at Oyama Station.

Station layout

Iwase Station has one side platform and one island platform , connected to the station building by an overhead passageway. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

Platforms

1  Mito Line for Tomobe and Mito
2, 3  Mito Line for Shimodate and Oyama

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Mito Line
Yamato - Haguro

History

Iwase Station was opened on 16 January 1889. From 1918 to 1987 it was also a terminal station for the now defunct Tsukuba Railway Tsukuba 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

External links

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Coordinates: 36°21′34″N 140°06′32″E / 36.3594°N 140.1088°E / 36.3594; 140.1088

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