Kitakata Station
Kitakata Station (喜多方駅, Kitakata-eki) is a railway station on the Ban'etsu West Line in the city of Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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 Kitakata Station, May 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Machidashita, Kitakata-shi, Fukushima-ken 966-0846 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37.6439°N 139.8683°E | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Line(s) | ■ Ban'etsu West Line | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 81.2 km from Kōriyama | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island + side platform | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | January 20, 1904 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (FY 2017) | 909 daily | |||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
Kitakata Station is served by the Ban'etsu West Line, and is located 81.2 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Kōriyama.
Station layout
Kitakata Station has a single side platform and a single island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket counter.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Ban'etsu West Line | for Aizu-Wakamatsu and Kōriyama for Nozawa and Niitsu |
| 2 | ■ Ban'etsu West Line | for Aizu-Wakamatsu and Kōriyama (SL-service) for Nozawa and Niitsu (rush hours only) |
| 3 | ■ Ban'etsu West Line | for Aizu-Wakamatsu and Kōriyama (starting trains) |
History
Kitakata Station opened on January 20, 1904. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 909 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
- Kitakata City Hall
- Kitakata Post Office
See also
References
- 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kitakata Station. |
- JR East Station information (in Japanese)