Kanashima Station

Railway station in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

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Kanashima Station

金島駅

Kanashima Station, May 2009

General information
Location| Kawashima 196, Shibukawa-shi, Gunma-ken 377-0025
Japan
Coordinates| 36°31′46″N 138°58′35″E﻿ / ﻿36.529558°N 138.976444°E﻿ / 36.529558; 138.976444
Operated by|  JR East
Line(s)| ■ Agatsuma Line
Distance| 5.5 km from Shibukawa
Platforms| 2 side platforms
Other information
Status| Unstaffed
Website| Official website
History
Opened| 5 August 1959
Passengers
FY2011| 199
Services
| Preceding station  |  JR East | Following station

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Ubashima

towards Ōmae

|  | Agatsuma Line |  | Shibukawa

towards Takasaki

Location

Kanashima Station

Location within Gunma Prefecture

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Kanashima Station

Kanashima Station (Japan)

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Kanashima Station platform

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

## Lines

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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

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The station has two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

### Platforms

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1 | ■ Agatsuma Line | forNakanojo,  Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi, Manza-Kazawaguchi

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2 | ■ Agatsuma Line | for Shibukawa and Takasaki

## History

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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

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* Agatsuma River
* Kanashima Onsen

## External links

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Media related to Kanashima Station at Wikimedia Commons

* JR East Station information (in Japanese)

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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

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