Iwashima Station

Iwashima Station 岩島駅
Iwashima Station, August 2007
Location	Iwashita, Higashiagatsuma, Agatsuma, Gunma （群馬県吾妻郡東吾妻町大字岩下） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Agatsuma Line
History
Opened	1945
Traffic

Passengers (FY2011)	47 daily

Iwashima Station (岩島駅, Iwashima-eki) is a railway station on the Agatsuma Line in Higashiagatsuma, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) ]].

Lines

Iwashima Station is a station on the Agatsuma Line, and is located 30.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shibukawa Station.

Station layout

Iwashima Station has two opposed side platforms connected by an overhead crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Agatsuma Line	for Manza-Kazawaguchi and Ōmae
2	■ Agatsuma Line	for Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi and Takasaki

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Agatsuma Line
Yagura		-	Kawarayu-Onsen

History

Iwashima Station was opened on 5 August 1945 for freight only. Passenger services began from 20 November 1945. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

Agatsuma Canyon
Kawanaka Onsen
Matsunoyu Onsen

External links

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JR East Station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Agatsuma Line

Takasaki Takasakitonyamachi Ino Shin-Maebashi Gunma-Sōja Yagihara Shibukawa Kanashima Ubashima Onogami Onogami-Onsen Ichishiro Nakanojō Gunma-Haramachi Gōbara Yagura Iwashima Kawarayu-Onsen Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Gunma-Ōtsu Haneo Fukurogura Manza-Kazawaguchi Ōmae

Coordinates: 36°33′47″N 138°45′35″E / 36.5630°N 138.7598°E / 36.5630; 138.7598

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