Iwama Station

Iwama Station (岩間駅, Iwama-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Iwama Station 岩間駅
Iwama Station, January 2013
Location	Shimogo 4439, Kasama, Ibaraki （茨城県笠間市下郷4439） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Jōban Line, Mito Line
History
Opened	1895
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	1377 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Hatori toward Shinagawa Jōban Line Local-Futsuu Tomobe toward Sendai

Lines

Iwama Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 91.9 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout

Iwama Station has two opposed side platforms, connected to the station building by an overhead passageway. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Jōban Line	for Tomobe, Mito, Katsuta, Takahagi and Iwaki
2	■ Jōban Line (JU Ueno-Tokyo Line)	for Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Toride, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa

Service schedule at this station

For both the uptrain ( For Ishioka・Tsuchiura & Ueno ) and the downtrain ( For Tomobe・Mito & Katsuda ), two local trains stop approximately every hour during the day.

History

Iwama Station was opened on 4 November 1895. The station 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 July 2012.

Surrounding area

• former Iwama Town Hall
• Iwama Post Office

External links

• Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)