Operated by JR East Passengers (FY 2013) 2824 daily | Opened 1887 | |
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Similar Minami‑Fukushima Station, Matsukawa Station, Higashi‑Fukushima Station, Kaida Station, Gohyakugawa Station | ||
Kanayagawa Station (金谷川駅, Kanayagawa-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in the city of Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Lines
Kanayagawa Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 264.0 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.
Station layout
Kanayagawa Station has one island platform connected to the station building by an overhead passageway. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
History
The station opened on October 18, 1909.The Matsukawa derailment, an alleged sabotage that resulted in the derailment of a train, occurred near the station on August 17, 1949. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.