Kanegasaki Station
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 (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).
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
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kanegasaki Station.
- Official website (in Japanese)
