Iwate-Futsukamachi Station

Iwate-Futsukamachi Station

岩手二日町駅
Iwate-Futsukamachi Station in October 2010
General information
Location75 Kamiayaori Ayaori-chō, Tōno-shi, Iwate-ken 028-0533
Japan
Coordinates39°19′25″N 141°27′21″E / 39.3235°N 141.4559°E / 39.3235; 141.4559
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Kamaishi Line
Distance39.3 km from Hanamaki
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened15 December 1914
Previous namesFutsukamachi (to 1924)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Arayamae
towards Hanamaki
 Kamaishi Line
Local
 Ayaori
towards Kamaishi
Location
Iwate-Futsukamachi Station is located in Iwate Prefecture
Iwate-Futsukamachi Station
Iwate-Futsukamachi Station
Location within Iwate Prefecture
Iwate-Futsukamachi Station is located in Japan
Iwate-Futsukamachi Station
Iwate-Futsukamachi Station
Iwate-Futsukamachi Station (Japan)

Iwate-Futsukamachi Station (岩手二日町駅, Iwate-Futsukamachi-eki) is a railway station in the city of Tōno, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Iwate-Futsukamachi Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 39.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.[1]

Station layout

The station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

History

The station opened on 15 December 1914 as Futsukamachi Stop (二日町停留場, Futsukamachi Teiryujo) on the Iwate Light Railway (岩手軽便鉄道),[1] 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).[2] The station was elevated to a full passenger station and renamed Iwate-Futsukamachi on 15 December 1924.[1]

The line was nationalized in August 1936, becoming the Kamaishi Line.[2] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. pp. 492–493. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. ^ a b 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.

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