Kawase Station

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Lines

Kawase Station is served by the Biwako Line portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is 12.4 kilometers from Template:STN and 458.3 kilometers from Template:STN,

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platforms connected by an elevated concourse. The station building has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platform

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History

The station opened on 1 May 1896 as a station for passengers and cargo on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) Tōkaidō Line, which became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. Freight operations were discontinued on 15 March 1972. The station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on 1 April 1987 due to the privatization of JNR. A new station building was completed in 1988.

Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Kawase being assigned station number JR-A15.[1][2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3405 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

  • Showa Denko Hikone Office
  • Shiga Prefectural Kawase Junior and Senior High School

See also

References

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External links

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