Kawabe Station (Aomori)

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).

Kawabe Station 川部駅
Kawabe Station in May 2007
Location	31-2 Kami-Nishida, Kawabe, Inakadate-mura, Minamitsugaru-gun, Aomori-ken 038-1141 Japan
Coordinates	40°38′47.82″N 140°31′15.32″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ōu Main Line ■ Gonō Line
Distance	453.4 km from Fukushima
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=534
History
Opened	1 December 1894
Traffic
Passengers (FY2018)	285 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Hirosaki toward Akita Ōu Main Line Rapid Kita-Tokiwa toward Aomori Naijōshi toward Shinjō Ōu Main Line Local Fujisaki toward Higashi-Noshiro Gono Line Rapid Naijōshi One-way operation Gono Line Local Naijōshi toward Hirosaki
Location
Kawabe Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Show map of Aomori Prefecture Kawabe Station Kawabe Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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

Platforms and snow-covered tracks

Kawabe Station has two ground level island platforms, serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. 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).[1]

Surrounding area

• Kawabe-Izumi Post office

Bus services

Kōnan Bus services for Kuroishi Station via Maeda-Yashiki.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

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

• Official website (in Japanese)