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Iwate-Kawaguchi Station (岩手川口駅, Iwate-Kawaguchi-eki) is a railway station on the Iwate Ginga Railway Line in the town of Iwate, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Iwate Ginga Railway.
Iwate-Kawaguchi Station 岩手川口駅 | |||||
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 Iwate-Kawaguchi Station in August 2007 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Kawaguchi dai-9 jiwari 68-1, Iwate-machi, Iwate-gun, Iwate-ken 028-4211 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 39°55′09″N 141°11′58″E / 39.919235°N 141.199361°E | ||||
| Operated by |  Iwate Galaxy Railway Company | ||||
| Line(s) | ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line | ||||
| Distance | 26.9 km from Morioka | ||||
| Platforms | 1 island +1 side platform | ||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 11 January 1898 | ||||
| Previous names | Kawaguchi Station (to 1934) | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2015 | 296 daily | ||||
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Lines
editIwate-Kawaguchi Station is served by the Iwate Ginga Railway Line, and is located 26.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station and 562.2 kilometers from Tokyo Station.
Station layout
editIwate-Kawaguchi Station has an island platform and a single side platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line | for Iwate-Numakunai, Ninohe and Hachinohe |
| 2 | ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line | (passing loop) |
| 3 | ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line | for Kōma and Morioka |
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| Iwate Ginga Railway Line | ||||
| Kōma | - | Iwate-Numakunai | ||
History
editIwate-Kawaguchi Station was opened as Kawagichi Station (川口駅, Kawaguchi-eki) on 11 January 1898. It was renamed to its present name on 1 February 1934. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987 and was transferred to the Iwate Ginga Railway on 1 September 2002.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 296 passengers daily.[1]
Surrounding area
edit- Kawaguchi Post Office
- Kawaguchi Elementary School
- Kawaguchi Middle School
References
edit- ^ 平成27年度 駅別乗降人員(1日平均) [Fiscal 2015 Station passenger figures (daily average)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Iwate Galaxy Railway Company. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
External links
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- Official website (in Japanese)