Kariwa Station
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Kariwa Station 刈羽駅 | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Kariwa-mura, Kariwa-gun, Niigata-ken 945-0307 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°25′48″N 138°37′10″E / 37.4300°N 138.6195°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Echigo Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 9.9 km from Kashiwazaki | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | unstaffed | ||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 11 November 1912 | ||||||||||
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Kariwa Station (刈羽駅, Kariwa-eki) is a railway station in the village of Kariwa, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines[edit]
Kariwa Station is served by the Echigo Line and is 9.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kashiwazaki Station.
Station layout[edit]
The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track.
The station is unattended. Suica farecard cannot be used at this station.[1]
History[edit]
Kariwa Station opened on 11 November 1912. A new station building was completed in 1984. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
Surrounding area[edit]
- Kariwa Village Hall
- Kariwa Post Office
- Kariwa Shell Midden
- Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Suica>利用可能エリア>新潟エリア>拡大図 [Suica Area in Niigata] (in Japanese). Japan: JR East. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kariwa Station.
- JR East station information (in Japanese)