Ashigase Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 足ヶ瀬駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Kamigōchō, Hosokoshi 38, Tōno-shi, Iwate-ken 028-0772 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Kamaishi Line |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 2 |
Distance: | 61.2 km from |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | 23 November 1915 |
Map Type: | Japan Iwate Prefecture#Japan |
is a railway station in the city of Tōno, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Ashigase Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 61.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.
The station has a single island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.
Ashigase Station opened on 23 November 1915 initially as a station on the, a light railway extending 65.4 km from to the now-defunct .[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.
The station is located in an isolated rural area.