Sawa Station (Ibaraki)
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Sawa Station 佐和駅 | |||||||||||
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 Sawa Station, November 2007 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Takaba 574, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki-ken 312-0062 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°25′49″N 140°32′26″E / 36.4304°N 140.5406°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Jōban Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 125.3 km from Nippori | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 25 February 1897 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2019 | 3887 daily | ||||||||||
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Sawa Station (佐和駅, Sawa-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Sawa Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 125.3 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is attended.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Jōban Line | for Hitachi, Takahagi, Iwaki and Haranomachi |
| 2 | ■ Jōban Line (JU Ueno-Tokyo Line) |
for Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa |
| ■ Mito Line | for Mito, Tomobe, Kasama, Shimodate, and Oyama |
History
[edit]Sawa Station was opened on 25 February 1897. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3887 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Kasamatsu Stadium
- JGSDF Camp Katsuta
See also
[edit]References
[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
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Media related to Sawa Station (Ibaraki) at Wikimedia Commons
- Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)
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