Koikawa Station (Yamanashi)

Koikawa Station 小井川駅
JR Koikawa Station, January 2006
Location	Kami-Sanjo, Chūō, Yamanashi （山梨県中央市上三條） Japan
Coordinates	35°36′16″N 138°31′42″E / 35.6045°N 138.5284°E / 35.6045; 138.5284
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Minobu Line
History
Opened	1929
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	172 daily

Koikawa Station (小井川駅, Koikawa-eki) is a railway station on the Minobu Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) located in the city of Chūō, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The station is located 77.5 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Minobu Line at Fuji Station.

History

Koikawa Station Station was opened on August 15, 1929, as a passenger stop on the Fuji-Minobu Line. It was elevated in status to a full station on October 1, 1938. The line came under control of the Japanese Government Railways on May 1, 1941. The JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railway) after World War II. Along with the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Minobu Line

Layout

Koikawa Station has a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic. The station is not attended.

Platform

Adjacent stations

External links

• (Japanese) Minobu Line station information