Kawauchi Station (Iwate)
Kawauchi Station (川内駅, Kawauchi-eki) is a railway station on the Yamada Line in the city of Miyako, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Kawauchi Station 川内駅 | |||||||||||
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 Kawauchi Station in September 2007 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 48-3 Kawauchi dai-roku jiwari, Miyako-shi, Iwate-ken 028-2513 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39.6409°N 141.5976°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg.png.webp){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Yamada Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 61.5 km from Morioka | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 30 November 1933 | ||||||||||
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| FY2015 | 13 | ||||||||||
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  Kawauchi Station Location within Japan | |||||||||||
Lines
Kawauchi Station is served by the Yamada Line, and is located 61.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Morioka Station.
Station layout
Kawauchi Station has a single side platform and an island platform serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Yamada Line | for Moichi and Miyako |
| 2 | ■ Yamada Line | for Kuzakai and Morioka |
| 3 | ■ Yamada Line | passing loop |
History
Kawauchi Station opened on 30 November 1933.[1] The station was closed from 26 November 1946 to 21 November 1954. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. Because of changes on signalling block system, the use of the third track was stopped on 25 March 2018. Then the station became unstaffed on 22 April 2018.[2][3][4]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 53 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5]
Surrounding area
See also
- List of railway stations in Japan
- Kawauchi Station (Miyagi), a similarly named station on the Sendai Subway Tozai Line in Miyagi Prefecture
References
- Sone, Satoru (2009). "No.21 釜石線・山田線・岩泉線・北上線・八戸線". 週刊 歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 国鉄・JR (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun: 18–19.
- "JR山田線4駅、無人化検討 運行管理効率化へ". 岩手日報. 2018-02-23. Archived from the original on 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- "山田線における安全安定輸送に向けた取り組みについて" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). JR東日本盛岡支社. 2018-02-22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- "最終列車見送る駅長 きょうから5駅で無人化". 毎日新聞. 2018-04-22. Archived from the original on 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)