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Asanai Station

Coordinates: 39°49′11″N 141°43′37″E / 39.8196°N 141.7269°E / 39.8196; 141.7269
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Asanai Station

浅内駅
Asanai Station, January 2008
General information
LocationAsanai Komori 69, Iwaizumi, Iwate
(岩手県下閉伊郡岩泉町浅内字小森69)
Japan
Operated byJR East
Line(s)Iwaizumi Line
History
Opened1957
Closed2014
Former services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Nishōishi
towards Iwaizumi
Iwaizumi Line Iwate-Ōkawa
towards Moichi

Asanai Station (浅内駅, Asanai-eki) was a railway station on the Iwaizumi Line in Iwaizumi, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

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Asanai Station was a station on the Iwaizumi Line, and was located 31.0 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Moichi Station.

Station layout

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Asanai Station had a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station was unattended.

History

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Asanai Station opened on 15 May 1957, as the initial terminal station for the Iwaizumi Line. The line was extended to Iwaizumi Station on 6 February 1972. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The operation of the Iwaizumi Line was suspended from July 2010 and the line was officially closed on 1 April 2014.[1]

Surrounding area

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References

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  1. ^ JTB Timetable (April 2014) p. 623


39°49′11″N 141°43′37″E / 39.8196°N 141.7269°E / 39.8196; 141.7269