is a passenger

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in located in the city of Suzuka,

Mie Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture to ...

, Japan, operated by

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(JR Tōkai).

Lines

Kawano Station is served by the Kansai Main Line, and is 47.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at

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Station layout

The station consists of two opposed

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s, connected by a level crossing.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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Station history

Kawano Station began as the on July 1, 1928, and was upgraded to a full station on the Kansai Main Line of the

Japanese Government Railways The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Railways ( ja, 鉄道省, Tetsudō-shō, ) until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Rai ...

(JGR) on March 1, 1949. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was named at the time, but was renamed to its present name on July 10, 1973. The station has been unattended since February, 1986. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the

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of the JNR on April 1, 1987.

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was introduced to the section of the Kansai Main Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Kawano Station was assigned station number CI14.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 322 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Suzuka City Kobe Junior High School *Suzuka City Kawano Elementary Schoo

References

External links

{{Kansai Main Line (JR Central) Railway stations in Japan opened in 1949 Railway stations in Mie Prefecture Suzuka, Mie