Karikawa Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 狩川駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Karikawa Imaoka 112, Shōnai-machi, Higashitagawa-gun, Yamagata-ken 999-6601 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Rikuu West Line |
Distance: | 34.9 kilometers from |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Status: | Staffed |
Opened: | August 16, 1914 |
Passengers: | 65 |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
is a railway station on the Rikuu West Line in Shōnai, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Karikawa Station is served by the Rikuu West Line, and is located 34.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shinjō Station.
The station has one island platform of which only one side is in use, serving a bidirectional single track. It is connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is staffed.
Karikawa Station opened on August 16, 1914. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 65 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]