is a train station in Iida,

Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...

, Japan, operated by

Central Japan Railway Company is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai ( ja, JR東海, links=no). ''Tōkai'' is a reference to the geographical ...

(JR Central).

Lines

Kawaji Station is served by the Iida Line and is 117.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyohashi Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single ground-level side platform serving one bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

History

Kawaji Station opened on 26 December 1927 and . It was renamed to its present name on 1 August 1943 when the Ina Electric Railway was nationalized. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Central. A new station building was completed in May 2001.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 113 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* Tenryū River *

References

External links

Kawaji Station information
{{Iida Line Railway stations in Nagano Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927 Stations of Central Japan Railway Company Iida Line Iida, Nagano