Kanegasaki Station

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
Location	Nishine Sugidote 2-1, Kanegasaki-machi, Isawa-gun, Iwate-ken 029-4503 Japan
Coordinates	39.1995°N 141.1130°E / 39.1995; 141.1130
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Tōhoku Main Line
Distance	477.7 km from Tokyo
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 July 1897
Passengers
FY2018	584 daily
Services
Preceding station 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 Location within Iwate Prefecture Show map of Iwate Prefecture Kanegasaki Station Kanegasaki Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

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

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

Platforms

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

History

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

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

Surrounding area

• Kanegasaki Town Hall
• Isawa River
• Kitakami River
• National Route 4
• Tōhoku Expressway

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

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.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)