Mizusawa-Esashi Station

Location
	Mizusawa-Esashi Station Location within Japan

Mizusawa-Esashi Station

水沢江刺駅
Mizusawa-Esashi Station; 水沢江刺駅
	Mizusawa-Esashi Station in January 2006
General information
Location	Mizusawa-ku 1-185 Hadacho-emikae, Ōshū-shi, Iwate-ken 023-0132; Japan
Coordinates	39°08′43″N 141°11′19″E / 39.145339°N 141.188693°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Tōhoku Shinkansen
Distance	470.1 km from Tokyo
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	March 14, 1985
Passengers
FY2016	1,016 daily
Location
Location
	Mizusawa-Esashi Station Location within Japan

Mizusawa-Esashi Station (水沢江刺駅, Mizusawa-Esashi-eki) is a railway station on the Tohoku Shinkansen in the city of Ōshū, Iwate, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Mizusawa-Esashi Station is served by the Tohoku Shinkansen from Tokyo to Shin-Aomori. It is 470.1 kilometers from the starting point of the Tohoku Shinkansen at Tokyo Station.

Mizusawa-Esashi Station has two elevated opposed side platforms with chest-high platform edge doors. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

1	■ Tohoku Shinkansen	for Morioka, Shin-Aomori and Akita
2	■ Tohoku Shinkansen	for Sendai, Utsunomiya, Ōmiya, and Tokyo

«	Service
Tōhoku Shinkansen
Hayabusa: Does not stop at this station
Ichinoseki	Hayate Yamabiko	Kitakami

Some Hayate trains pass non-stop at this station.

Mizusawa-Esashi Station opened on March 14, 1985, three years after the opening of the Tōhoku Shinkansen.^[1]

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,016 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 424. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2016.