title: Iwashima Station
text: # Iwashima Station
  
  Iwashima Station (岩島駅, Iwashima-eki) is a passenger railway station in the town of Higashiagatsuma, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Iwashima Station is a station on the Agatsuma Line, and is located 30.5 kilometres from the terminus of the line at Shibukawa Station.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  Then station consists two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Agatsuma Line | for Manza-Kazawaguchi and Ōmae |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Agatsuma Line | for Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi and Takasaki |
  
  * Iwashima Station platforms in November 2015
  
  ## History
  
  Iwashima Station was opened on 5 August 1945 for freight only. Passenger services began from 20 November 1945. 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 Canyon
  * Kawanaka Onsen
  * Matsunoyu Onsen
  