Kawauchi Station (Iwate)

Kawauchi Station (川内駅, Kawauchi-eki) is a railway station on the Yamada Line in the city of Miyako, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Kawauchi Station 川内駅
Kawauchi Station in September 2007
Location	48-3 Kawauchi dai-roku jiwari, Miyako-shi, Iwate-ken 028-2513 Japan
Coordinates	39.6409°N 141.5976°E / 39.6409; 141.5976
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Yamada Line
Distance	61.5 km from Morioka
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	30 November 1933
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015)	13
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Hiratsuto toward Morioka Yamada Line Local Hakoishi toward Miyako
Location
Kawauchi Station Location within Japan

Lines

Kawauchi Station is served by the Yamada Line, and is located 61.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Morioka Station.

Station layout

Kawauchi Station has a single side platform and an island platform serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is attended.

Platforms

1	■ Yamada Line	for Moichi and Miyako
2	■ Yamada Line	for Kuzakai and Morioka
3	■ Yamada Line	passing loop

History

Kawauchi Station opened on 30 November 1933.[1] The station was closed from 26 November 1946 to 21 November 1954. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. Because of changes on signalling block system, the use of the third track was stopped on 25 March 2018. Then the station became unstaffed on 22 April 2018.[2][3][4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 53 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5]

Surrounding area

• Japan National Route 106

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan
• Kawauchi Station (Miyagi), a similarly named station on the Sendai Subway Tozai Line in Miyagi Prefecture

References

1. Sone, Satoru (2009). "No.21 釜石線・山田線・岩泉線・北上線・八戸線". 週刊 歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 国鉄・JR (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun: 18–19.
2. "JR山田線4駅、無人化検討 運行管理効率化へ". 岩手日報. 2018-02-23. Archived from the original on 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
3. "山田線における安全安定輸送に向けた取り組みについて" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). JR東日本盛岡支社. 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
4. "最終列車見送る駅長 きょうから5駅で無人化". 毎日新聞. 2018-04-22. Archived from the original on 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)