Aozasa Station

Location
	Aozasa Station Location within Iwate Prefecture Aozasa Station Aozasa Station (Japan)

Aozasa Station

青笹駅
Aozasa Station; 青笹駅
	Aozasa Station, October 2010
General information
Location	Aozasachō, Aozasa 21, Tōno-shi, Iwate-ken 028-0503; Japan
Coordinates	39°18′42″N 141°34′09″E / 39.3116°N 141.5692°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Kamaishi Line
Distance	50.3 km from Hanamaki
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 September 1915
Services
Location
Location
	Aozasa Station Location within Iwate Prefecture Aozasa Station Aozasa Station (Japan)

Aozasa Station (青笹駅, Aozasa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Tōno, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Aozasa Station is served by the Kamaishi Line; it is located 50.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Hanamaki Station.

Station layout

The station has one side platform, serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building, but there is a brick weather shelter, located across the road parallel to the platform. The station is unattended.

History

Aozasa Station opened on 1 September 1915 on the Iwate Light Railway (岩手軽便鉄道), 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).^[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.

Surrounding area

Aozasa Post Office
National Route 283

References

^ 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 Aozasa Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)

[railfan638-1] 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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