Maesawa Station (前沢駅, Maesawa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Ōshū, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Maesawa Station 前沢駅 | |||||||||||
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Maesawa Station, July 2012 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Maesawa-ku Mikka-machi, Ōshū-shi, Iwate-ken 023-0000 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39.0488°N 141.1264°E / 39.0488; 141.1264 | ||||||||||
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Line(s) | ■ Tōhoku Main Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 459.9 km from Tokyo | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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Status | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1 November 1890 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2018 | 507 daily | ||||||||||
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Maesawa Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 459.9 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.
The station has a single side platform and an island platform connected to the elevated station building by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
1 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line | for Kitakami and Morioka |
2 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line | (passing loop) |
3 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line | for Ichinoseki and Sendai |
Maesawa Station opened on 1 November 1890. It 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 2005.[citation needed]
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 507 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
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Stations of the Tōhoku Main Line | |
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Ueno to Kuroiso ( ![]() |
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Kuroiso to Morioka |
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