Kanashima Station

Kanashima Station 金島駅
Kanashima Station, May 2009
Location	Kawashima 196, Shibukawa, Gunma （群馬県渋川市川島196） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Agatsuma Line
History
Opened	1945
Traffic

Passengers (FY2011)	199 daily

Kanashima Station platform

Kanashima Station (金島駅, Kanashima-eki) is a railway station on the Agatsuma Line in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kanashima Station is a station on the Agatsuma Line, and is located 5.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shibukawa Station.

Station layout

Kanashima Station has two opposed side platforms connected by an overhead passageway. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Agatsuma Line	forNakanojo, Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi, Manza-Kazawaguchi
2	■ Agatsuma Line	for Shibukawa and Takasaki

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Agatsuma Line
Shibukawa		-	Ubashima

History

Kanashima Station was opened on 5 August 1959. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

Agatsuma River
Kanashima Onsen

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kanashima Station.

JR East Station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Agatsuma Line

Takasaki Takasakitonyamachi Ino Shin-Maebashi Gunma-Sōja Yagihara Shibukawa Kanashima Ubashima Onogami Onogami-Onsen Ichishiro Nakanojō Gunma-Haramachi Gōbara Yagura Iwashima Kawarayu-Onsen Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Gunma-Ōtsu Haneo Fukurogura Manza-Kazawaguchi Ōmae

Coordinates: 36°31′46″N 138°58′35″E / 36.529558°N 138.976444°E / 36.529558; 138.976444

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