Station

Mizusawa

水沢

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Mizusawa
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Timetable information

Departure data for this station is not available on this site.

Location

History

Mizusawa Station opened on 1 November 1890 as a Nippon Railway general station and was nationalised in November 1906, joining the Tōhoku Main Line at the 1909 line-naming. A reinforced-concrete single-storey station building replaced earlier structures on 7 October 1976. Parcel handling ceased on 1 November 1986 ahead of JR privatisation on 1 April 1987, which split operations between JR East and JR Freight. A reworked freight yard with a new container platform entered service on 20 July 2006. On 1 December 2015 the station ceased to be directly operated by JR East and its station duties were contracted out, the Mizusawa station-master post being abolished and the station placed under the Ichinoseki station master. Eki-Net Q-chiket service started on 1 October 2024.

Notes

Since 1962 the down platform has been decked out with about 700 Nambu-tekki cast-iron wind chimes each summer; the seasonal soundscape was selected for Japan's 100 Soundscapes list.

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