is a passenger

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located in the city of Minamiashigara,

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, operated by the

Izuhakone Railway The is a private railway company in Kanagawa Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The company also operates excursion ships, and the group companies operate buses and taxis. The company has its roots in founded in 1893. Izuhakone Railway ...

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 Minam ...

, and is located 6.0 kilometers from the line’s

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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 ar ...

Station layout

The station consists of a single

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with no station building. The station is unmanned.

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