Kawahigashi Station (Fukushima)

Kawahigashi Station
川東駅

Kawahigashi Station in May 2008
Location Kosakuda Nishidate 132, Sukagawa, Fukushima
(福島県須賀川市小作田字西舘132)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Suigun Line
History
Opened 1931
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)  70 daily

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

Station layout

Kawahigashi Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by an overhead passage; 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 traffic in both directions. 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

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Coordinates: 37°16′11″N 140°24′22″E / 37.26972°N 140.40611°E / 37.26972; 140.40611

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