Iwaizumi Station
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Iwaizumi 岩泉 | |||||||||||
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 Iwaizumi Station, September 2007 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Nakano, Iwaizumi, Iwate （岩手県下閉伊郡岩泉町中野） Japan | ||||||||||
| Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
| Line | Iwaizumi Line | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1972 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 2014 | ||||||||||
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Iwaizumi Station (岩泉駅, Iwaizumi-eki) was a railway station on the Iwaizumi Line in Iwaizumi, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Iwaizumi Station was the terminus of the Iwaizumi Line, and was located 38.4 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at Moichi Station.[1]
Station layout
The station had a single side platform serving traffic in both directions, connected to a two-story station building. The platform was designed as an island platform as there were plans to connect the station to the Kita Rias Line, but no track was laid on one side of the platform.
History
Iwaizumi Station opened on 6 February 1972.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.[1] Operations on the Iwaizumi Line were suspended from July 2010, due to a landslide, and the line was officially closed on 1 April 2014, owing to declining passenger use.[2]
Passenger statistics
Surrounding area
- Iwaizumi Town Hall
- Iwaizumi Post Office