Kawai Station (Ibaraki)

Kawai Station (河合駅, Kawai-eki) is a railway station on the Suigun Line in Hitachiōta, Ibaraki Prefecture, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Kawai Station

河合駅
Kawai Station in September 2009
LocationKami-Kawai-cho, Hitachiōta, Ibaraki
（茨城県常陸太田市上河合町）
Japan
Operated byJR East
Line(s)Suigun Line
History
Opened1898
Traffic
Passengers　 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Nukada
toward Mito
 Suigun Line
Hitachi-Ōta Branch
 Yagawara
toward Hitachi-Ōta

Lines

Kawai Station is served by the Hitachi-Ōta Spur Line of the Suigun Line, and is located 6.7 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the spur line at Kami-Sugaya Station.

Station layout

Kawai Station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.

History

Kawai Station opened on September 7, 1898 as a station on the Ota Railway. The Ota Railway merged with the Mito Railway on October 21, 1901 and was nationalized on December 1, 1927. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area


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