Kado Station

Kado Station 鹿渡駅
File:Kado 20040803.jpg Kado Station (Aug 3, 2004)
Location	42-4 Higashi-Nikiyanagi, Kado, Mitane, Yamamoto, Akita （秋田県山本郡三種町鹿渡字東二木柳42-4） Japan
Operated by	East Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Ōu Main Line
History
Opened	1902
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	201 daily

Kado Station (鹿渡駅, Kado-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Mitane, Yamamoto District, Akita Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Kado Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 338.4 km from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.

Station layout

Kado Station has one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected by an overpass. Track 2 is used primarily for freight trains changing direction. Kado Station is a simple consignment station, administered by Higashi-Noshiro Station, and operated by Mitane municipal authority, with point-of-sales terminal installed. Ordinary tickets, express tickets, and reserved-seat tickets for all JR lines are on sale (no connecting tickets).

Platforms

1	■ Ōu Main Line	for Higashi-Noshiro and Ōdate
2	■ Ōu Main Line	freight train siding
3	■ Ōu Main Line	for Hachirogata and Akita

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ōu Main Line
Rapid: no stop
Koikawa		Ōu Main Line		Moritake

History

Kado Station was opened on August 1, 1902 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), serving the town of Kado, Akita. The JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railways) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in July 2007.

Surrounding area

• Route 7
• Kotooka Post Office (delivery and collection office)
• Mitane municipal Kotooka Junior High School

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)