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Iwashima Station

Iwashima Station
岩島駅
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Iwashima Station in August 2007
Location Iwashita, Higashiagatsuma, Agatsuma, Gunma
(群馬県吾妻郡東吾妻町大字岩下)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Agatsuma Line
History
Opened 1945
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011) 47 daily

Iwashima Station (岩島駅, Iwashima-eki) is a railway station on the Agatsuma Line in Higashiagatsuma, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Iwashima Station is a station on the Agatsuma Line, and is located 30.5 kilometres from the terminus of the line at Shibukawa Station.

Iwashima Station has two opposed side platforms connected by an overhead crossing. The station is unattended.


Iwashima Station was opened on 5 August 1945 for freight only. Passenger services began from 20 November 1945. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.


Coordinates: 36°33′47″N 138°45′35″E / 36.5630°N 138.7598°E / 36.5630; 138.7598


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