Kawabe_Station_(Aomori)
Kawabe Station (Aomori)
Railway station in Inakadate, Aomori Prefecture, 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).
Kawabe Station 川部駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Kawabe Station in August 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 31-2 Kami-Nishida, Kawabe, Inakadate-mura, Minamitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-1141 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°38′47.82″N 140°31′15.32″E | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 453.4 km from Fukushima | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Unmanned station | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 December 1894 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2018 | 285 daily | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kawabe Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is 453.4 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Fukushima. It is also the northern terminal station for the Gonō Line.
Kawabe Station has two ground level island platforms, serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station will be unmanned from March 18, 2023. 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 |
Kawabe Station opened on December 1, 1894 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways, the predecessor to the Japanese 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 JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. The Kuroishi Line ceased operations from April 1, 1998.[citation needed]
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 285 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
- Kawabe-Izumi Post office
Kōnan Bus services for Kuroishi Station via Maeda-Yashiki.[citation needed]
- Endo, Isao (2006). 五能線物語 「奇跡のローカル線」を生んだ最強の現場力 (in Japanese). PHP研究所. ISBN 4569830099.
- 五能線ガイドブック [Gono Line Guidebook)] (in Japanese). 無明舎出版. 2002. ISBN 4895443078.
- 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
