Masuzawa Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 鱒沢駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Shimomasuzawa Miyamori-chō, Tōno-shi, Iwate-ken 028-0303 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Kamaishi Line |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 2 |
Distance: | 33.6 km from |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | 30 July 1915 |
Former: | Utō Station (to 1924) |
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).
Masuzawa Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 33.6 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 platforms are not numbered. The station is unattended.
Masuzawa Station opened on 30 July 1915 as 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 renamed to its present name on 16 December 1924. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.