title: Kitakata Station
text: # Kitakata Station
  
  Kitakata Station (喜多方駅, Kitakata-eki) is a railway station on the Ban'etsu West Line in the city of Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Kitakata Station is served by the Ban'etsu West Line, and is located 81.2 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Kōriyama.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  Kitakata Station has a single side platform and a single island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket counter.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Ban'etsu West Line | for Aizu-Wakamatsu and Kōriyama for Nozawa and Niitsu |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Ban'etsu West Line | for Aizu-Wakamatsu and Kōriyama (SL-service) for Nozawa and Niitsu (rush hours only) |
  | 3 | ■ Ban'etsu West Line | for Aizu-Wakamatsu and Kōriyama (starting trains) |
  
  ## History
  
  Kitakata Station opened on January 20, 1904. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 909 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Kitakata City Hall
  * Kitakata Post Office
  * National Route 459
  