Maesawa Station

Maesawa Station

前沢駅
Maesawa Station; 前沢駅
	Maesawa Station, July 2012
General information
Location	Maesawa-ku Mikka-machi, Ōshū-shi, Iwate-ken 023-0000; Japan
Coordinates	39°02′56″N 141°07′35″E / 39.0488°N 141.1264°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Tōhoku Main Line
Distance	459.9 km from Tokyo
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi")
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 November 1890
Passengers
FY2018	507 daily
Services
Location
	Maesawa Station Location within Iwate Prefecture Maesawa Station Maesawa Station (Japan)

Maesawa Station (前沢駅, Maesawa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Ōshū, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines[edit]

Maesawa Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 459.9 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout[edit]

The station has a single side platform and an island platform connected to the elevated station building by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms[edit]

1	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Kitakami and Morioka
2	■ Tōhoku Main Line	(passing loop)
3	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Ichinoseki and Sendai

History[edit]

Maesawa Station opened on 1 November 1890. It was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. A new station building was completed in 2005.^{[citation needed]}

Passenger statistics[edit]

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 507 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area[edit]

Maesawa Post Office
Maesawa High School

References[edit]

^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

External links[edit]

Official website (in Japanese)

[jreast2018stats-1] 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

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