Kanegasaki Station (金ヶ崎駅, Kanegasaki-eki) is a railway station in the town of Kanegasaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Kanegasaki Station 金ヶ崎駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 Kanegasaki Station, March 2007 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Nishine Sugidote 2-1, Kanegasaki-machi, Isawa-gun, Iwate-ken 029-4503 Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°11′58″N 141°06′47″E / 39.1995°N 141.1130°E | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Tōhoku Main Line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 477.7 km from Tokyo | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 July 1897 | ||||||||||||||
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| FY2018 | 584 daily | ||||||||||||||
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  Kanegasaki Station Location within Iwate Prefecture  Kanegasaki Station Kanegasaki Station (Japan) | |||||||||||||||
Lines edit
Kanegasaki Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 477.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.
Station layout edit
The station is an elevated station and has two opposed side platforms. The station is staffed.
Platforms edit
| 1 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line | for Mizusawa and Ichinoseki |
| 2 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line | for Kitakami and Morioka |
History edit
Kanegasaki Station was opened on 1 July 1897.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. A new station building was completed in November 2004.
Passenger statistics edit
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 584 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
Surrounding area edit
- Kanegasaki Town Hall
- Isawa River
- Kitakami River
National Route 4- Tōhoku Expressway
See also edit
References edit
- ^ JR East station information (in Japanese)
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kanegasaki Station.
- Official website (in Japanese)