Iwamoto Station

Iwamoto Station
Iwamoto Station; 岩本駅
	Iwamoto Station, July 2012
Location	Iwamoto 173, Numata, Gunma; （群馬県沼田市岩本町173）; Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Jōetsu Line
History
Opened	1924
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011)	238 daily
Services

Iwamoto Station (岩本駅, Iwamoto-eki) is a railway station on the Jōetsu Line in Numata, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Iwamoto Station is a station on the Jōetsu Line, and is located 36.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Takasaki.

Station layout

The station has a single side platform and a single island platform connected to the station building by an overhead passage; however, one side of the island platform is not in use. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Jōetsu Line	for Shibukawa and Takasaki
3	■ Jōetsu Line	for Minakami, Nagaoka

History

Iwamoto Station opened on 31 March 1924. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East. A new station building was completed in March 2010.

Surrounding area

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External links

Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)

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