Iwase Station

36°21′34″N 140°06′32″E / 36.3594°N 140.1088°E / 36.3594; 140.1088Operated by JR EastLine(s)■ Mito LineDistance29.6 km from OyamaPlatforms1 side + 1island platformOther informationStatusStaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened16 January 1889PassengersFY2019918 daily Services

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Yamato towards Oyama		Mito Line		Haguro towards Mito

Location
Iwase Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Show map of Ibaraki Prefecture Iwase Station Iwase Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Iwase Station (岩瀬駅, Iwase-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Sakuragawa, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Iwase Station is served by the Mito Line, and is located 29.6 km from the official starting point of the line at Oyama Station.

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed

1	■ Mito Line	for Tomobe and Mito
2, 3	■ Mito Line	for Shimodate and Oyama

Iwase Station was opened on 16 January 1889. From 1918 to 1987 it was also a terminal station for the now defunct Tsukuba Railway Tsukuba Line. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 918 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

• former Iwase Town Hall
• Iwase Post Office

• List of railway stations in Japan

Media related to Iwase Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East Station Information (in Japanese)