Kawahigashi Station (Fukushima)

Kawahigashi Station
川東駅
Kawahigashi Station in May 2008
Location Kosakuda Nishidate 132, Sukagawa-shi, Fukushima-ken 962-0727
Japan
Coordinates 37°16′11″N 140°24′22″E / 37.26972°N 140.40611°E / 37.26972; 140.40611Coordinates: 37°16′11″N 140°24′22″E / 37.26972°N 140.40611°E / 37.26972; 140.40611
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Suigun Line
Distance 122.2 km from Mito
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Website Official website
History
Opened October 10, 1931
Traffic
Passengers  
Location
Kawahigashi Station
Location within Japan

Kawahigashi Station (川東駅, Kawahigashi-eki) is a railway station on the Suigun Line in the city of Sukagawa, Fukushima, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kawahigashi Station is served by the Suigun Line, and is located 122.2 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Mito.

Station layout

Kawahigashi Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge; however, one of the platforms in no longer in use, and the overhead passageway has been discontinued, rendering the station effectively a single side platform station serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Suigun Line
Izumigō - Oshioe

History

Kawahigashi Station opened on October 10, 1931. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

  • Kawahigashi Post Office
  • Abukuma River
  • Wada no Daibutsu

See also

References

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