Sawa Station (Nagano)

Sawa Station

沢駅
Sawa Station; 沢駅
	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 / 35.9362; 137.9854
Elevation	702 meters[citation needed]
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Iida Line
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 Location within Nagano Prefecture Sawa Station Sawa Station (Japan)

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).

Lines

Sawa Station is served by the Iida Line and is 189.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyohashi Station.

Station layout

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.

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Iida Line
Ina-Matsushima	Rapid Misuzu	Haba
Ina-Matsushima	Local	Haba

History

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]}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 344 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

Minowa Kita Elementary School

References

^ 83 JRの駅別乗車人員-1日平均 [Nagano Prefectural Statistics (Fiscal 2016) Section 84] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Nagano Prefecture. 2017.

External links

Sawa Station information (in Japanese)

[Nagano_stats-1] 83 JRの駅別乗車人員-1日平均 [Nagano Prefectural Statistics (Fiscal 2016) Section 84] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Nagano Prefecture. 2017.