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 August 2023
General information
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	Unstaffed station
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=534
History
Opened	1 December 1894
Passengers
FY2018	285 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Hirosaki towards Akita Ōu Main Line Rapid Kita-Tokiwa towards Aomori Naijōshi towards Shinjō Ōu Main Line Local Fujisaki towards Higashi-Noshiro Gonō Line Rapid Naijōshi One-way operation Gonō Line Local Naijōshi towards 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

Platform in August, 2023

Kawabe Station has two ground level island platforms, serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has been unstaffed since March 18, 2023. 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan