Sawa Station (沢駅, Sawa-eki) is a railway station on the Iida Line in the town of Minowa, Kamiina District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

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Sawa Station 沢駅
Sawa Station in September 2009
General information
Location	500 Nakaminawa, Minowa-machi, Kamiina-gun, Nagano 399-4601 Japan
Coordinates	35.9362°N 137.9854°E / 35.9362; 137.9854
Elevation	702 meters[citation needed]
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Iida Line
Distance	189.7 km from Toyohashi
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
History
Opened	16 March 1923
Passengers
FY2016	344 daily
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Sawa Station is served by the Iida Line and is 189.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyohashi Station.

The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building, but only a shelter built on top of the platform. The station is unattended.

Sawa Station opened on 16 March 1923. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Central. The current station building was completed in 1996.^{[citation needed]}

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 344 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

• Minowa Kita Elementary School

• List of railway stations in Japan