Yokokawame Station

Yokokawame Station 横川目駅
Yokokawame Station
Location	Waga-cho, Yokokawame 12 Jiwari 12-2, Kitakami, Iwate （岩手県北上市和賀町横川目12地割12-2） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Kitakami Line
History
Opened	1921

Yokokawame Station (横川目駅, Yokokawame-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Yokokawame Station is served by the Kitakami Line, and is located 18.1 km from the terminus of the line at Kitakami Station.

Station layout

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

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kitakami Line
Tatekawame		-	Iwasawa

History

Yokokawame Station opened on November 18, 1921. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in 1991.

Surrounding area

Japan National Route 107
Yokokawame Post Office
former Waga Town Hall

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yokokawame Station.

JR East Station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Kitakami Line

Kitakami Yanagihara Ezuriko Fujine Tatekawame Yokokawame Iwasawa Wakasennin Yudakinshūko Hottoyuda Yudakōgen Kurosawa Komatsukawa Hiraishi Ainono Yabitsu Yokote

Coordinates: 39°18′33″N 140°58′20″E / 39.3091°N 140.9723°E / 39.3091; 140.9723

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