Kanegasaki Station (金ヶ崎駅, Kanegasaki-eki) is a railway station in the town of Kanegasaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Kanegasaki Station

金ヶ崎駅
Kanegasaki Station, March 2007
General information
LocationNishine Sugidote 2-1, Kanegasaki-machi, Isawa-gun, Iwate-ken 029-4503
Japan
Coordinates39°11′58″N 141°06′47″E / 39.1995°N 141.1130°E / 39.1995; 141.1130
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Tōhoku Main Line
Distance477.7 km from Tokyo
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 July 1897
Passengers
FY2018584 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Mizusawa
One-way operation
Tōhoku Main Line
Rapid Aterui
Rokuhara
towards Morioka
Mizusawa
towards Kuroiso
Tōhoku Main Line
Local
Location
Kanegasaki Station is located in Iwate Prefecture
Kanegasaki Station
Kanegasaki Station
Location within Iwate Prefecture
Kanegasaki Station is located in Japan
Kanegasaki Station
Kanegasaki Station
Kanegasaki Station (Japan)

Lines

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Kanegasaki Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 477.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

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The station is an elevated station and has two opposed side platforms. The station is staffed.

Platforms

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1  Tōhoku Main Line for Mizusawa and Ichinoseki
2  Tōhoku Main Line for Kitakami and Morioka

History

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Kanegasaki Station was opened on 1 July 1897.[1] 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 November 2004.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 584 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ JR East station information (in Japanese)
  2. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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