Kuwagawa Station

Railway station in Murakami, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Echigo-Hayakawa towards Niitsu		Uetsu Main Line		Imagawa towards Akita

Location
Kuwagawa Station Location within Japan

Kuwagawa Station (桑川駅, Kuwagawa eki) is a railway station in the city of Murakami, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kuwagawa Station is served by the Uetsu Main Line, and is 78.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Niitsu Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended. The station building is also a roadside station for Japan National Route 345.

Platforms

1	■ Uetsu Main Line	for Tsuruoka and Sakata
2	■ Uetsu Main Line	(siding)
3	■ Uetsu Main Line	for Niigata and Niitsu

History

Kuwagawa Station opened on 31 July 1924. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. A new station building was completed in 1993.