Kawahigashi Station (Fukushima)

Kawahigashi Station (川東駅) is a railway station in the city of Sukagawa, Fukushima, Japan operated by the 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 layout
The station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge; 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 a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

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

 * Kawahigashi Post Office
 * Abukuma River
 * Wada no Daibutsu