Iwama Station (岩間駅, Iwama-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Iwama Station 岩間駅 | |||||||||||
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Location | Shimogo 4439, Kasama-shi, Ibaraki-ken 319-0202 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 36.2955°N 140.2767°E / 36.2955; 140.2767 | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Jōban Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 91.9 km from Nippori | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
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Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 4 November 1895 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2019 | 1312 daily | ||||||||||
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Iwama Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Show map of Ibaraki PrefectureIwama Station Iwama Station (Japan) Show map of Japan |
Iwama Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 91.9 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.
The station consists of two opposed side platforms, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed. Two local trains stop approximately every hour during the day.
1 | ■ Jōban Line | for Tomobe, Mito, Katsuta, Takahagi and Iwaki |
2 | ■ Jōban Line (JU Ueno-Tokyo Line) |
for Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Toride, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa |
Iwama Station was opened on 4 November 1895. 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 July 2012.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1312 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
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Stations of the Jōban Line | ||
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Stations served only by the Chiyoda Line through service local trains between Kita-Senju and Abiko are omitted. | JJ |