is a railway station on the

Iida Line The is a Japanese railway line connecting Toyohashi Station in Toyohashi, Aichi with Tatsuno Station in Tatsuno, Nagano, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The line links eastern Aichi Prefecture and southern Nagano Prefe ...

in the town of Minowa, Kamiina District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

Lines

Sawa Station is served by the

and is 189.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at

Toyohashi Station is an interchange railway station in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai) and the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu). Lines Toyohashi Station is served by the high-speed Tokaido Shin ...

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level

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 platform ...

serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building, but only a shelter built on top of the platform. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

History

Sawa Station opened on 16 March 1923. With the privatization of

Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

(JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Central. The current station building was completed in 1996.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 344 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Minowa Kita Elementary School

References

External links

Sawa Station information
{{Iida Line Railway stations in Nagano Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1923 Stations of Central Japan Railway Company Iida Line Minowa, Nagano