Kawabe Station (Aomori)

Kawabe Station
川部駅

Kawabe Station in May 2007
Location 31-2 Kami-Nishida, Kawabe, Inakadate-mura, Minamitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-1141
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Distance 453.4 km from Fukushima
Platforms 2 island platforms
Tracks 3
Other information
Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=534
History
Opened 1 December 1894
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 310 daily
Location
Kawabe Station
Location within Japan

Kawabe Station (川部駅 Kawabe-eki) is a railway station on the Ōu Main Line and Gonō Line in the village of Inakadate, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kawabe Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is 453.4 kilometers from the southern terminus of the Ōu Main Line at Fukushima Station. It is also the northern terminal station for the Gonō Line.

Station layout

Platforms and snow-covered tracks

Kawabe Station has two ground level island platforms, serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. A fourth track has not been in use since April 1, 1998 with the discontinuation of the Kuroishi Line.

Platforms

1  Gonō Line for Goshogawara and Ajigasawa
 Ōu Main Line for Hirosaki
2  Ōu Main Line for Namioka and Aomori
3  Ōu Main Line for Hirosaki and Akita
 Gonō Line for Goshogawara and Ajigasawa

Adjacent stations

Service
Ōu Main Line
Hirosaki   Rapid   Kita-Tokiwa
Naijōshi   Local   Kita-Tokiwa
Gonō Line
Terminus   Local   Fujisaki

History

Kawabe Station opened on December 1, 1894 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways, the predecessor to the Japan National Railways (JNR) on the Ōu Northern Line. From August 15, 1912, a spur line opened to Kuroishi, and from September 25, 1918, the Mutsu Railway (present-day Gonō Line) began operations from Kawabe Station. On November 1, 1984, operations on the Kuroishi Line were transferred from JNR to the Konan Railway. All freight operations were discontinued from April 1987. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. The Kuroishi Line ceased operations from April 1, 1998.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 310 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

Bus services

Kōnan Bus services for Kuroishi Station via Maeda-Yashiki.

See also

References

  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
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Coordinates: 40°38′47.82″N 140°31′15.32″E / 40.6466167°N 140.5209222°E / 40.6466167; 140.5209222

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