Kai-Tokiwa Station

Summary

Kai-Tokiwa Station (甲斐常葉駅, Kai-Tokiwa-eki) is a railway station on the Minobu Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) located in the town of Minobu, Minamikoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.[citation needed]

Kai-Tokiwa Station

甲斐常葉駅
JR Kai-Tokiwa Station, January 2006
General information
LocationTokiwa, Minobu-cho, Minamikoma-gun, Yamanashi-ken
Japan
Coordinates35°26′42″N 138°28′37″E / 35.4449°N 138.4769°E / 35.4449; 138.4769
Operated by JR Central
Line(s) Minobu Line
Distance54.1 kilometers from Fuji
Platforms1 island platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
History
OpenedDecember 17, 1927
Passengers
FY201630 daily
Location
Kai-Tokiwa Station is located in Yamanashi Prefecture
Kai-Tokiwa Station
Kai-Tokiwa Station
Location within Yamanashi Prefecture
Kai-Tokiwa Station is located in Japan
Kai-Tokiwa Station
Kai-Tokiwa Station
Kai-Tokiwa Station (Japan)

Lines edit

Kai-Tokiwa Station is served by the Minobu Line and is located 54.1 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Fuji Station.[citation needed]

Layout edit

Kai-Tokiwa Station has a single island platform serving 2 tracks connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.[citation needed]

Platform edit

1  Minobu Line For Fuji, Minobu
2  Minobu Line For Kōfu

Adjacent stations edit

« Service »
Minobu Line
Limited Express Fujikawa: Does not stop at this station
Shimobe-onsen   Local   Ichinose

History edit

Kai-Tokiwa Station was opened on December 17, 1927 as a station on the original Fuji-Minobu Line. The line came under control of the Japanese Government Railways on May 1, 1941. The JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railway) after World War II. Along with the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company.[citation needed]

Surrounding area edit

  • former Shimobe Town Hall
  • Shimobe onsen

See also edit

External links edit

  • Minobu Line station information (in Japanese)