Sawa Station 沢駅 | |
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![]() Sawa Station in September 2009 | |
General information | |
Location | 500 Nakaminawa, Minowa-machi, Kamiina-gun, Nagano 399-4601 Japan |
Coordinates | 35°56′10″N 137°59′07″E / 35.9362°N 137.9854°E |
Elevation | 702 meters[citation needed] |
Operated by | ![]() |
Line(s) | ![]() |
Distance | 189.7 km from Toyohashi |
Platforms | 1 side platform |
Other information | |
Status | Unstaffed |
History | |
Opened | 16 March 1923 |
Passengers | |
FY2016 | 344 daily |
Location | |
Sawa Station (沢駅, Sawa-eki) is a railway station on the Iida Line in the town of Minowa, Kamiina District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).
Sawa Station is served by the Iida Line and is 189.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyohashi Station.
The station consists of one ground-level 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.
« | Service | » | ||
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Iida Line | ||||
Ina-Matsushima | Rapid Misuzu | Haba | ||
Ina-Matsushima | Local | Haba |
Sawa Station opened on 16 March 1923. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Central. The current station building was completed in 1996.[citation needed]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 344 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]