Iwanuma Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 岩沼駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 1 Tateshita, Iwanuma-shi, Miyagi-ken 989-2441 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 38.1119°N 140.8641°W |
Operator: | JR East |
Distance: | 334.2 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 2 island platforms |
Tracks: | 5 |
Status: | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") |
Passengers: | 7093 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
Map Type: | Japan Miyagi Prefecture#Japan |
is a railway station in the city of Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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 . 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.
The station has one side platform and two island platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
Iwanuma Station opened on 15 December 1887, on the Tōhoku Main Line. The Joban Line opened on 10 November 1897. 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 June 1998.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 7,093 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]