Kanashima Station
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Kanashima Station 金島駅 | |||||||||||
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Location | Kawashima 196, Shibukawa-shi, Gunma-ken 377-0025 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°31′46″N 138°58′35″E / 36.529558°N 138.976444°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Agatsuma Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 5.5 km from Shibukawa | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 5 August 1959 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2011 | 199 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Kanashima Station (金島駅, Kanashima-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Kanashima Station is a station on the Agatsuma Line, and is located 5.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shibukawa Station.
Station layout
[edit]The station has two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
Platforms
[edit]1 | ■ Agatsuma Line | forNakanojo, Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi, Manza-Kazawaguchi |
2 | ■ Agatsuma Line | for Shibukawa and Takasaki |
History
[edit]Kanashima Station was opened on 5 August 1959. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.
Surrounding area
[edit]- Agatsuma River
- Kanashima Onsen
External links
[edit]Media related to Kanashima Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East Station information (in Japanese)