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Kawageta Station

Coordinates: 37°32′08″N 140°08′13″E / 37.5355°N 140.1370°E / 37.5355; 140.1370
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Kawageta Station

川桁駅
Kawageta Station, June 2008
General information
Location3605 Shinmachi Kawageta, Inawashiro-machi, Yama-gun, Fukushima-ken 969-2663
Japan
Coordinates37°32′08″N 140°08′13″E / 37.5355°N 140.1370°E / 37.5355; 140.1370
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Ban'etsu West Line
Distance33.4 km from Kōriyama
Platforms2 side platform
Tracks2
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedAugust 4, 1899
Passengers
FY 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

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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

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

Platforms

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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

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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

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  • Kawageta Post Office
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