Kitakata Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 喜多方駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Machidashita, Kitakata-shi, Fukushima-ken 966-0846 |
Country: | Japan |
Map Type: | Japan Fukushima Prefecture#Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Ban'etsu West Line |
Distance: | 81.2 km from |
Platforms: | 1 island + side platform |
Tracks: | 3 |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Opened: | January 20, 1904 |
Passengers: | 909 daily |
Pass Year: | FY 2017 |
right|thumb|Platforms at Kitakata Station, September 2004 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).
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 .
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.
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.
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 909 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]