Tsuchizawa Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 土沢駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 8-446 Tsuchizawa Tōwa-chō, Hanamak-shi, Iwate-ken 028-0114 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Kamaishi Line |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Distance: | 15.9 km from |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | 24 October 1913 |
Passengers: | 168 |
Pass Year: | FY2017 |
Map Type: | Japan Iwate Prefecture#Japan |
is a railway station in the city of Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Tsuchizawa Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 15.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.
The station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.
Tsuchizawa Station opened on 24 October 1913 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.
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 168 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]