History
Takizawa Station opened on 21 January 1906 as the last station built by the private Nippon Railway before it was nationalised in November of the same year. On 15 September 1967 the station moved to its current location about 300 m east of the original site, coinciding with the line's double-tracking. It was destaffed in March 1985 under JNR retrenchment, then restored to direct staffing as the surrounding area developed into a Morioka commuter belt and reached Midori-no-Madoguchi status by 1999. JR privatisation took place on 1 April 1987, and on 1 December 2002 the section transferred to IGR Iwate Galaxy Railway. A dedicated photography pen, Train Spotter's, opened on 14 October 2017.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Where the English and Japanese sources differ, this account follows the Japanese source.
Notes
On 7 December 1994 a passenger train's locomotive derailed inside the yard and tipped against a freight train, though no injuries resulted from the collision.