Kariwa Station

Kariwa Station 刈羽駅
Kariwa Station, October 2009
Location	Kariwa-mura, Kariwa District, Niigata （新潟県刈羽郡刈羽村) Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Echigo Line
Platforms	1 side platform
History
Opened	1912
Location
Kariwa Station Location within Japan

Kariwa Station (刈羽駅, Kariwa-eki) is a railway station in Kariwa, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kariwa Station is served by the Echigo Line and is 9.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kashiwazaki Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single ground-level side platform serving one bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Echigo Line
Arahama		-	Nishiyama

History

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

Kariwa Village Hall
Kariwa Post Office
Kariwa Shell Midden
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kariwa Station.

JR East station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Echigo Line

Kashiwazaki Higashi-Kashiwazaki Nishi-Nakadōri Arahama Kariwa Nishiyama Raihai Ishiji Oginojō Izumozaki Myōhōji Ojimaya Kirihara Teradomari Bunsui Aōzu Minami-Yoshida Yoshida Kita-Yoshida Iwamuro Maki Echigo-Sone Echigo-Akatsuka Uchino-Nishigaoka Uchino Niigata Daigaku-mae Terao Kobari Aoyama Sekiya Hakusan Niigata

Coordinates: 37°25′48″N 138°37′10″E / 37.4300°N 138.6195°E / 37.4300; 138.6195

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