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
Location	8-446 Tsuchizawa Tōwa-chō, Hanamak-shi, Iwate-ken 028-0114 Japan
Coordinates	39.3834°N 141.2322°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Kamaishi Line
Distance	15.9 km from Hanamaki
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	24 October 1913
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

• Tetsugoro Yorozu Memorial Museum
• Tōwa Post Office
• National Route 283
• National Route 456

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

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.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)