Kariwano Station

Kariwano Station 刈和野駅
Kariwano Station in September 2005
Location	Kariwanocho-aze Atagoshita 119, Daisen-shi, Akita-ken Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ōu Main Line
Distance	260.6 kilometers from Fukushima
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=517
History
Opened	1904
Traffic

Passengers (FY2015)	453 daily
Location
Kariwano Station Location within Japan

Kariwano Station (刈和野駅, Kariwano-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Kariwano Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 260.6 km from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.

Station layout

Kariwano Station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building vy a footbridge. Track 1 is dual gauge for use by through traffic of the Akita Shinkansen.

Platforms

1	■ Ōu Main Line	for Akita
2	■ Ōu Main Line	for Yokote and Ōmagari

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Ōu Main Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Jingūji	-	Mineyoshikawa

History

Kariwano Station was opened on August 21, 1904 on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), serving the town of Kariwano. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in February 1990, which incorporates the offices of the local chamber of commerce and tourism office.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 453 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

Kariwano Post Office
Route 13

References

↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kariwano Station.

JR East Station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 39°32′51.5″N 140°22′20.6″E / 39.547639°N 140.372389°E / 39.547639; 140.372389

Stations of the Ōu Main Line

Fukushima to Shinjō (Yamagata Line)	Fukushima Sasakino Niwasaka Akaiwa Itaya Tōge Ōsawa Sekine Yonezawa Oitama Takahata Akayu Nakagawa Uzen-Nakayama Kaminoyama-Onsen Mokichi Kinenkan-mae Zaō Yamagata Kita-Yamagata Uzen-Chitose Minami-Dewa Urushiyama Takatama Tendō-Minami Tendō Midaregawa Jimmachi Sakurambo-Higashine Higashine Murayama Sodesaki Ōishida Kita-Ōishida Ashisawa Funagata Shinjō

Shinjō to Ōmagari	Shinjō Izumita Uzen-Toyosato Mamurogawa Kamabuchi Ōtaki Nozoki Innai Yokobori Mitsuseki Kami-Yuzawa Yuzawa Shimo-Yuzawa Jūmonji Daigo Yanagita Yokote Gosannen Iizume Ōmagari

Ōmagari to Aomori (formerly Ōu North Line)	Ōmagari Jingūji Kawarino Mineyoshikawa Ugo-Sakai Ōbarino Wada Yotsugoya Akita Tsushizaki Kami-Iijima Oiwake Ōkubo Ugo-Iizuka Ikawa-Sakura Hachirōgata Koikawa Kado Moritake Kita-Kanaoka Higashi-Noshiro Tsurugata Tomine Futatsui Maeyama Takanosu Nukazawa Hayaguchi Shimokawazoi Ōdate Shirasawa Jimba Tsugaru-Yunosawa Ikarigaseki Nagamine Ōwani-Onsen Ishikawa Hirosaki Naijōshi Kawabe Kita-Tokiwa Namioka Daishaka Tsurugasaka Tsugaru-Shinjō Shin-Aomori Aomori

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