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Railway station in Inakadate, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Kawabe Station
川部駅
Kawabe Station in August 2023
General information
Location31-2 Kami-Nishida, Kawabe, Inakadate-mura, Minamitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-1141
Japan
Coordinates40°38′47.82″N 140°31′15.32″E / 40.6466167°N 140.5209222°E / 40.6466167; 140.5209222
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Distance453.4 km from Fukushima
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks3
Other information
StatusUnmanned station
Websitewww.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=534
History
Opened1 December 1894
Passengers
FY2018285 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Hirosakitowards Akita Ōu Main LineRapid Kita-Tokiwatowards Aomori
Naijōshitowards Shinjō Ōu Main LineLocal
Fujisakitowards Higashi-Noshiro Gonō LineRapid NaijōshiOne-way operation
Gonō LineLocal Naijōshitowards Hirosaki
Location
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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).

Lines

Kawabe Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is 453.4 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Fukushima. It is also the northern terminal station for the Gonō Line.

Station layout

Platform in August, 2023

Kawabe Station has two ground level island platforms, serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station will be unmanned from March 18, 2023. A fourth track has not been in use since April 1, 1998 with the discontinuation of the Kuroishi Line.

Platforms

1 ■ Gonō Line for Goshogawara and Ajigasawa
■ Ōu Main Line for Hirosaki
2 ■ Ōu Main Line for Namioka and Aomori
3 ■ Ōu Main Line for Hirosaki and Akita
■ Gonō Line for Goshogawara and Ajigasawa

History

Kawabe Station opened on December 1, 1894 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways, the predecessor to the Japanese 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 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 2018, the station was used by an average of 285 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

  • Kawabe-Izumi Post office

Bus services

Kōnan Bus services for Kuroishi Station via Maeda-Yashiki.

See also

References

  • Endo, Isao (2006). 五能線物語 「奇跡のローカル線」を生んだ最強の現場力 (in Japanese). PHP研究所. ISBN 4569830099.
  • 五能線ガイドブック [Gono Line Guidebook)] (in Japanese). 無明舎出版. 2002. ISBN 4895443078.
  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

External links

Stations of the Ōu Main Line
Fukushima to Shinjō (Yamagata Line)
Shinjō to Ōmagari
Ōmagari to Aomori (formerly Ōu North Line)
Stations of the Gonō Line
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