Iwahara Station

Railway station in Minamiashigara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Bus stop

Other informationStation codeID08WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpenedOctober 15, 1925PassengersFY2019746 daily boarding passengers

Location
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Iwahara Station (岩原駅, Iwahara-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Minamiashigara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Izuhakone Railway.

Lines

Iwahara Station is served by the Daiyūzan Line, and is located 6.0 kilometers from the line’s terminus at Odawara Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single side platform with no station building. The station is unmanned.

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Sagami-Numata		Daiyūzan Line		Tsukahara

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).^[1]

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	daily average
2005	890^[2]
2010	836^[3]
2015	804^[4]

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

^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（令和2年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2019)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.