is a passenger

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located in the city of Minamiashigara,

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, operated by the

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Lines

Iwahara Station is served by the

Daiyūzan Line The is a commuter railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Izuhakone Railway. The line connects Odawara Station in the city of Odawara, Kanagawa, Odawara with the Daiyūzan Station in the city of Mina ...

, and is located 6.0 kilometers from the line’s

terminus Terminus may refer to: Ancient Rome *Terminus (god), a Roman deity who protected boundary markers Transport *Terminal train station or terminus, a railway station serving as an end destination *Bus terminus, a bus station serving as an end des ...

Odawara Station is a junction and interchange railway station located in the city of Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan, operated jointly by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). It is a gateway station to the Hakone a ...

Station layout

The station consists of a single

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...

with no station building. The station is unstaffed.

Adjacent stations

History

Iwahara Station was officially opened on October 15, 1925.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 746 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

Prefectural Road 74 runs on the west side of the station, and the Karikawa River on the east side. Minamiashigara City Iwahara Elementary School is about 300 meters south of the station, and Iwahara Castle ruins and Iwahara Hachiman Shrine are relatively close to each other about 1 km southwest of the station.

References

External links

Izuhakone Railway home page
{{Izuhakone Daiyuzan Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1925 Izuhakone Daiyuzan Line Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Minamiashigara, Kanagawa