Tsuchizawa Station

Railway station in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

39°23′00″N 141°13′56″E / 39.3834°N 141.2322°E / 39.3834; 141.2322Operated by

JR EastLine(s)■ Kamaishi LineDistance15.9 km from HanamakiPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt gradeOther informationStatusUnstaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened24 October 1913PassengersFY2017168 Services

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Shin-Hanamaki towards Hanamaki		Kamaishi Line Rapid Hamayuri		Miyamori towards Kamaishi
Oyamada towards Hanamaki		Kamaishi Line Local		Haruyama towards Kamaishi

Location
Tsuchizawa Station Location within Iwate Prefecture Show map of Iwate Prefecture Tsuchizawa Station Tsuchizawa Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Tsuchizawa Station (土沢駅, Tsuchizawa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Tsuchizawa Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 15.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.

Station layout

The station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Kamaishi Line	for Tōno and Kamaishi
2	■ Kamaishi Line	for Hanamaki and Morioka

History

Tsuchizawa Station opened on 24 October 1913 as a station on the Iwate Light Railway (岩手軽便鉄道), a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) light railway extending 65.4 km from Hanamaki to the now-defunct Sennintōge Station (仙人峠駅).^[1] The line was nationalized in 1936, becoming the Kamaishi Line. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 168 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

Tetsugoro Yorozu Memorial Museum
Tōwa Post Office
National Route 283
National Route 456

References

^ Miyata, Hiroyuki (June 2014). 釜石線ショートヒストリー　～路線と蒸気機関車～ [A short history of the Kamaishi Line: The line and steam locomotives]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 54, no. 638. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. pp. 24–25.
^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2020.