Operated by JR East Opened 1 December 1894 Tracks 3 | Passengers (FY2015) 310 daily Platforms in use 2 | |
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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).
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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
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.
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).
Surrounding area
Bus services
Kōnan Bus services for Kuroishi Station via Maeda-Yashiki.