Iwate-Futsukamachi Station

Location
	Iwate-Futsukamachi Station Location within Iwate Prefecture Iwate-Futsukamachi Station Iwate-Futsukamachi Station (Japan)

Iwate-Futsukamachi Station

岩手二日町駅
Iwate-Futsukamachi Station; 岩手二日町駅
	Iwate-Futsukamachi Station in October 2010
General information
Location	75 Kamiayaori Ayaori-chō, Tōno-shi, Iwate-ken 028-0533; Japan
Coordinates	39°19′25″N 141°27′21″E / 39.3235°N 141.4559°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Kamaishi Line
Distance	39.3 km from Hanamaki
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 December 1914
Previous names	Futsukamachi (to 1924)
Services
Location
Location
	Iwate-Futsukamachi Station Location within Iwate Prefecture Iwate-Futsukamachi Station Iwate-Futsukamachi Station (Japan)

Iwate-Futsukamachi Station (岩手二日町駅, Iwate-Futsukamachi-eki) is a railway station in the city of Tōno, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Iwate-Futsukamachi Station is served by the Kamaishi Line, and is located 39.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.^[1]

Station layout

The station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

History

The station opened on 15 December 1914 as Futsukamachi Stop (二日町停留場, Futsukamachi Teiryujo) on the Iwate Light Railway (岩手軽便鉄道),^[1] a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) light railway extending 65.4 km from Hanamaki to the now-defunct Sennintōge Station (仙人峠駅).^[2] The station was elevated to a full passenger station and renamed Iwate-Futsukamachi on 15 December 1924.^[1]

The line was nationalized in August 1936, becoming the Kamaishi Line.^[2] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.^[1]

Surrounding area

FutsukamachiPost Office
National Route 283
Sarugaishi River

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. pp. 492–493. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ ^a ^b Miyata, Hiroyuki (June 2014). 釜石線ショートヒストリー　～路線と蒸気機関車～ [A short history of the Kamaishi Line: The line and steam locomotives]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 54, no. 638. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. pp. 24–25.

External links

Media related to Iwate-Futsukamachi Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)

[teishajo1998-1] Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. pp. 492–493. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[railfan638-2] Miyata, Hiroyuki (June 2014). 釜石線ショートヒストリー　～路線と蒸気機関車～ [A short history of the Kamaishi Line: The line and steam locomotives]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 54, no. 638. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. pp. 24–25.

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