Kitakata Station

Kitakata Station 喜多方駅
File:JRE-kitakata-station.jpg Kitakata Station, May 2007
Location	Machidashita, Kitakata, Fukushima （福島県喜多方町田下） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ban'etsu West Line
History
Opened	1904
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2013)	1119 daily

Kitakata Station (喜多方駅, Kitakata-eki) is a railway station on the Ban'etsu West Line in Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kitakata Station is served by the Ban'etsu West Line, and is located 81.2 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Kōriyama Station.

Station layout

Kitakata Station has a single side platform and a single island platform connected to the station building by an overhead passage. The station has a Green Window ticket counter.

Platforms

1	■ Ban'etsu West Line	for Aizu-Wakamatsu and Kōriyama for Nozawa and Niitsu
2	■ Ban'etsu West Line	for Aizu-Wakamatsu and Kōriyama (SL-service) for Nozawa and Niitsu (rush hours only)

3

■ Ban'etsu West Line

for Aizu-Wakamatsu and Kōriyama (starting trains)

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ban'etsu West Line
Shiokawa		Agano		Yamato
Shiokawa		Rapid		Terminus
Aizu-Toyokawa		Local		Yamato

History

Kitakata Station opened on January 20, 1904. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

• Kitakata City Hall
• Kitakata Post Office
• Japan National Route 459

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)