Kowada Station

Kowada Station 小和田駅
Kowada Station
Location	Misakubo-cho Okuryoke 14, Tenryū, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka （浜松市天竜区水窪町奥領家44） Japan
Coordinates	35°12′36″N 137°50′10″E / 35.209883°N 137.836103°ECoordinates: 35°12′36″N 137°50′10″E / 35.209883°N 137.836103°E
Operated by	Central Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Iida Line
Connections
History
Opened	1936
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	5 daily

Kowada Station (小和田駅 Kowada-eki) is a railway station on the Iida Line in Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The station is located in an isolated area near the border of Shizuoka Prefecture with Nagano and Aichi and is not accessible by road. The nearest road (towards Sakuma Dam) is a 40- to 50-minute walk. It is located 83.8 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Iida Line at Toyohashi Station.

Station history

Kowada Station was established on December 30, 1936, as the terminal station of the now-defunct Sanshin Railway. On August 1, 1943, the Sanshin Railway was nationalized along with several other local lines to form the Iida line. All freight services were discontinued in December 1971 and the station has been unmanned since February 1984. Along with the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Iida Line

Layout

Kowada Station is an unmanned station with a single elevated side platform, and a small wooden station building. Until 2008, the station had dual opposed side platforms, but one platform has since been discontinued.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Iida Line
Limited Express "Inaji" (特急「伊那路」): Does not stop at this station
Ōzore		Local (普通)		Nakaisamurai

External links

• (Japanese) Iida Line station information