Aozasa Station

Aozasa Station (青笹駅, Aozasa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Tōno, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Aozasa Station 青笹駅
Aozasa Station, October 2010
General information
Location	Aozasachō, Aozasa 21, Tōno-shi, Iwate-ken 028-0503 Japan
Coordinates	39.3116°N 141.5692°E / 39.3116; 141.5692
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Kamaishi Line
Distance	50.3 km from Hanamaki
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 September 1915
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Tōno towards Hanamaki Kamaishi Line Local Iwate-Kamigō towards Kamaishi
Location Aozasa Station Location within Iwate Prefecture Show map of Iwate Prefecture Aozasa Station Aozasa Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Aozasa Station is served by the Kamaishi Line; it is located 50.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.

Station layout

The station has one side platform, serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building, but there is a brick weather shelter, located across the road parallel to the platform. The station is unattended.

History

Aozasa Station opened on 1 September 1915 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.

Surrounding area

• Aozasa Post Office
• National Route 283

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 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.

External links

Media related to Aozasa Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)