Iwai Station (岩井駅, Iwai-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Minamibōsō, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Iwai Station 岩井駅 | |||||||||||
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![]() Iwai Station in December 2013 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Ichibu 146-2, Minamibōsō-shi, Chiba-ken 299-2226 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°05′33″N 139°50′59″E / 35.0926°N 139.8497°E | ||||||||||
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Line(s) | ■ Uchibō Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 73.7 km from Soga | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | August 10, 1918 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2019 | 244 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Lines
editIwai Station is served by the Uchibō Line, and is located 73.7 km from the western terminus of the line at Soga Station.
Station layout
editThe station is an at-grade station with a single island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Platforms
edit1 | ■ Uchibō Line | for Kimitsu, Kisarazu, Chiba |
2 | ■ Uchibō Line | for Tateyama, Awa-Kamogawa |
History
editIwai Station was opened on August 10, 1918. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 244 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
edit- National Route 127
- Former Tomiyama Town Hall
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
External links
editMedia related to Iwai Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East Station information (in Japanese)