Iwajuku Station

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Iwajuku Station
岩宿駅
File:Ryomosen IwajukuEkisya.jpg
Iwajuku Station, November 2006
Location Asami 1500, Midori, Gunma
(みどり市笠懸町阿左美1500)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Ryōmō Line
History
Opened 1889
Previous names Ōma (until 1911)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013) 1241 daily

Iwajuku Station (岩宿駅 Iwajuku-eki?) is a railway station on the Ryōmō Line in Midori, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Iwajuku Station is a station on the Ryōmō Line, and is located 56.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Oyama Station.

Station layout

Iwajuku Station has one side platform and one island platform connected by an overhead passageway.

Platforms

1  Ryōmō Line for Kiryū, Oyama
2, 3  Ryōmō Line for Isesaki, Maebashi and Takasaki

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Ryōmō Line
Kiryū - Kunisada

History

Iwajuku Station was opened on 20 November 1889 as Ōma Station (大間々駅 Ōma eki?). It was renamed to its present name on 1 May 1911. The current station building was completed in March 1936. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

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