Aozasa Station
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Aozasa Station 青笹駅 | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Aozasachō, Aozasa 21, Tōno-shi, Iwate-ken 028-0503 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°18′42″N 141°34′09″E / 39.3116°N 141.5692°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Kamaishi Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 50.3 km from Hanamaki | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1 September 1915 | ||||||||||
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Aozasa Station (青笹駅, Aozasa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Tōno, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Aozasa Station is served by the Kamaishi Line; it is located 50.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.
Station layout
The station has one side platform, serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building, but there is a brick weather shelter, located across the road parallel to the platform. The station is unattended.
History
Aozasa Station opened on 1 September 1915 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.
Surrounding area
- Aozasa Post Office
- National Route 283
See also
References
- ^ 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.
External links
Media related to Aozasa Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)