Iwanuma Station

Iwanuma Station
岩沼駅

East entrance, JUne 2010
Location 1 Tateshita, Iwanuma, Miyagi
（宮城県岩沼市館下一丁目）
Japan
Coordinates Coordinates: 38°06′43″N 140°51′51″E / 38.1118946°N 140.8641028°E / 38.1118946; 140.8641028
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Jōban Line, Tōhoku Main Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened 1887
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013) 7,098 daily

Iwanuma Station (岩沼駅 Iwanuma-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Iwanuma Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 334.2 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo Station. It is also served by the Jōban Line, and is 343.1 rail kilometers from the starting point of that line Nippori Station in Tokyo.

Station layout

Iwanuma Station has one side platform and two island platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a staffed "Midori no Madoguchi" ticket office.

Platforms

1 ■ Joban Line for Hamayoshida
2 ■ Tōhoku Main Line for Natori and Sendai
3 ■ Tōhoku Main Line for Shiroishi and Fukushima
4 ■ Tōhoku Main Line for Natori, Sendai, and Kogota
5 ■ Tōhoku Main Line for Natori, Sendai, and Kogota (starting trains)

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Joban Line
Ōkuma   Local   Terminus
Tōhoku Main Line
Tsukinoki   Rapid   Natori
Tsukinoki   Local   Tatekoshi

History

Iwanuma Station opened on December 15, 1887, on the Tōhoku Main Line. The Joban Line opened on November 10, 1897. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in June 1998.

Surrounding area

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