Maesawa Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 前沢駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Maesawa-ku Mikka-machi, Ōshū-shi, Iwate-ken 023-0000 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 39.0488°N 141.1264°W |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Tōhoku Main Line |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platforms |
Tracks: | 3 |
Distance: | 459.9 km from |
Status: | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") |
Opened: | 1 November 1890 |
Passengers: | 507 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
Map Type: | Japan Iwate Prefecture#Japan |
is a railway station in the city of Ōshū, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Maesawa Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 459.9 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.
The station has a single side platform and an island platform connected to the elevated station building by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
Maesawa Station opened on 1 November 1890. It 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 2005.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 507 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]