Kado Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 鹿渡駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Higashinihonyanagi Kado, Mitane-sho, Yamamoto-gun, Akita-ken 018-2104 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 40.0446°N 140.0826°W |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Ōu Main Line |
Distance: | 338.4 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Status: | Staffed |
Opened: | August 1, 1902 |
Passengers: | 135 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
Map Type: | Japan Akita Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Kado Station |
is a railway station in the town of Mitane, Yamamoto District, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Kado Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 338.4 km from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.
Kado Station has one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge. 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).
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.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 135 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]