Mizusawa-Esashi Station
Mizusawa-Esashi Station 水沢江刺駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 Mizusawa-Esashi Station in January 2006 | |||||||||||||||
| Japanese name | |||||||||||||||
| Shinjitai | 水沢江刺駅 | ||||||||||||||
| Kyūjitai | 水澤江刺驛 | ||||||||||||||
| Hiragana | みずさわえさしえき | ||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Mizusawa-ku 1-185 Hadacho-emikae, Ōshū City, Iwate Prefecture 023-0132 Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°08′43″N 141°11′19″E / 39.145339°N 141.188693°E | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR East | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Tōhoku Shinkansen | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 470.1 km (292.1 mi) from Tokyo | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | March 14, 1985 | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| FY2018 | 1,003 daily | ||||||||||||||
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Mizusawa-Esashi Station (水沢江刺駅, Mizusawa-Esashi-eki) is a railway station in the city of Ōshū, Iwate, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Mizusawa-Esashi Station is served by the Tohoku Shinkansen from Tokyo to Shin-Aomori. It is 470.1 kilometers from the starting point of the Tohoku Shinkansen at Tokyo Station.
Station layout
[edit]The station has two elevated opposed side platforms with chest-high platform edge doors. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | Tōhoku Shinkansen
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for Morioka, Shin-Aomori and Akita |
| 2 | Tōhoku Shinkansen
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for Sendai, Utsunomiya, Ōmiya, and Tokyo |
History
[edit]Mizusawa-Esashi Station opened on March 14, 1985, three years after the opening of the Tōhoku Shinkansen.[1]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1,003 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
Surrounding area
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 424. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ 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
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Media related to Mizusawa-Esashi Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)
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