Kawageta Station

Railway station in Inawashiro, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
37°32′08″N 140°08′13″E / 37.5355°N 140.1370°E / 37.5355; 140.1370Operated by JR EastLine(s)■ Ban'etsu West LineDistance33.4 km from KōriyamaPlatforms2 side platformTracks2Other informationStatusUnstaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpenedAugust 4, 1899PassengersFY 2004107 daily Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Inawashiro
towards Kitakata
 Ban'etsu West Line
Rapid
 Bandai-Atami
towards Kōriyama
Inawashiro
towards Niitsu
 Ban'etsu West Line
Local
 Sekito
towards Kōriyama

Kawageta Station (川桁駅, Kawageta-eki) is a railway station on the Ban'etsu West Line in the town of Inawashiro, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kawageta Station is served by the Ban'etsu West Line, and is located 33.4 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Kōriyama.

Station layout

Kawageta Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1 ■ Ban'etsu West Line for Inawashiro, Aizu-Wakamatsu and Kitakata
for Bandai-Atami and Kōriyama
2 ■ Ban'etsu West Line for Inawashiro, Aizu-Wakamatsu and Kitakata (2 trains daily)

History

Kawageta Station opened on August 4, 1899 for freight operations and on November 3, 1900 for passenger operations. A private branch line, the Bandai Express Electric Railway extended from this station to Numajiri from 1913 to 1969. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

  • Kawageta Post Office

External links

  • JR East Station information (in Japanese)