Kawageta Station

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).

Kawageta Station 川桁駅
Kawageta Station, June 2008
General information
Location	3605 Shinmachi Kawageta, Inawashiro-machi, Yama-gun, Fukushima-ken 969-2663 Japan
Coordinates	37.5355°N 140.1370°E / 37.5355; 140.1370
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ban'etsu West Line
Distance	33.4 km from Kōriyama
Platforms	2 side platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	August 4, 1899
Passengers
FY 2004	107 daily
Services
Preceding station 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

Lines

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

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

Platforms

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

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

• Kawageta Post Office

External links

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)