Iwajuku Station (岩宿駅, Iwajuku-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Midori, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Iwajuku Station 岩宿駅 | |||||||||||
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![]() Iwajuku Station, November 2006 | |||||||||||
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Location | Kasakake-cho, Asami 1500, Midori-shi, Gunma-ken 379-2311 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 36.3966°N 139.2972°E / 36.3966; 139.2972 | ||||||||||
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Line(s) | ■ Ryōmō Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 56.9 km from Oyama | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||||||||
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Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 20 November 1889 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Ōma (until 1911) | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2019 | 1255 daily | ||||||||||
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Iwajuku Station is a station on the Ryōmō Line, and is located 56.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Oyama Station.
The station has one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
1 | ■ Ryōmō Line | for Kiryū, Oyama |
2, 3 | ■ Ryōmō Line | for Isesaki, Maebashi and Takasaki |
Iwajuku Station was opened on 20 November 1889 as Ōma Station (大間々駅, Ōma eki). It was renamed to its present name on 1 May 1911. The current station building was completed in March 1936. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1255 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
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Stations of the Ryōmō Line | |
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