Kawabe Station (Akita)

Location
	Kawabe Station Location within Akita Prefecture Kawabe Station Kawabe Station (Japan)

Kawabe Station

川辺駅
Kawabe Station; 川辺駅
	Kawabe Station, August 2020
General information
Location	Kawabe, Yurihonjō-shi, Akita-ken 015-0412; Japan
Coordinates	39°14′55.94″N 140°07′13.44″E / 39.2488722°N 140.1204000°E
Operated by	Yuri Kōgen Railway
Line(s)	■ Yuri Kōgen Railway Chōkai Sanroku Line
Distance	20.1 km from Ugo-Honjō
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
History
Opened	October 21, 1938
Previous names	Ugo-Kawabe (to 1985)
Passengers
FY2018	53
Location
Location
	Kawabe Station Location within Akita Prefecture Kawabe Station Kawabe Station (Japan)

Kawabe Station (川辺駅, Kawabe-eki) is a railway station in the city of Yurihonjō, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Yuri Kōgen Railway.

Lines

Kawabe Station is served by the Chōkai Sanroku Line, and is located 20.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ugo-Honjō Station.

Station layout

The station has one side platform, serving one bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yuri Kōgen Railway Chōkai Sanroku Line
Yoshizawa		Local	Yashima

History

Kawabe Station opened on October 21, 1938 as Ugo-Kawabe Station (羽後川辺駅, Ugo-Kawabe eki) on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Yashima Line. The JGR became the Japan National Railway (JNR) after World War II. All freight operations were discontinued from June 10, 1981. The Yashima Line was privatized on 1 October 1985, becoming the Yuri Kōgen Railway Chōkai Sanroku Line, and the station was renamed to its present name at that time. ^{[citation needed]}