Kawai Station (Ibaraki)

Kawai Station 河合駅
File:Kawaieki.jpg Kawai Station in September 2009
Location	Kami-Kawai-cho, Hitachiōta, Ibaraki （茨城県常陸太田市上河合町） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Suigun Line
History
Opened	1898
Traffic
Passengers	daily

Kawai Station (河合駅, Kawai-eki) is a railway station on the Suigun Line in Hitachiōta, Ibaraki Prefecture, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kawai Station is served by the Hitachi-Ōta Spur Line of the Suigun Line, and is located 6.7 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the spur line at Kami-Sugaya Station.

Station layout

Kawai Station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Suigun Line
Nukada		Hitachi-Ōta Branch	Yagawara

History

Kawai Station opened on September 7, 1898 as a station on the Ota Railway. The Ota Railway merged with the Mito Railway on October 21, 1901 and was nationalized on December 1, 1927. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

• Japan National Route 349
• Kujigawa River

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)