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	Kitakata Station Location within Fukushima Prefecture Kitakata Station Kitakata Station (Japan)

Kitakata Station

喜多方駅
Kitakata Station; 喜多方駅
	Kitakata Station, December 2015
General information
Location	Machidashita, Kitakata-shi, Fukushima-ken 966-0846; Japan
Coordinates	37°38′38″N 139°52′06″E / 37.6439°N 139.8683°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ban'etsu West Line
Distance	81.2 km from Kōriyama
Platforms	1 island + side platform
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	January 20, 1904
Passengers
FY 2017	909 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Kitakata Station Location within Fukushima Prefecture Kitakata Station Kitakata Station (Japan)

Platforms at Kitakata Station, September 2004

Kitakata Station (喜多方駅, Kitakata-eki) is a railway station on the Ban'etsu West Line in the city of 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 layout

Kitakata Station has a single side platform and a single island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed 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)

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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 909 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

Kitakata City Hall
Kitakata Post Office
National Route 459

References

^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.

External links

JR East Station information (in Japanese)

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[jreast2017stats-1] 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.

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