title: Kawake Station
text: # Kawake Station
  
  Kawake Station (河毛駅, Kawake-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Nagahama, Shiga, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Kawake Station is served by the Hokuriku Main Line, and is 15.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Maibara.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by both a footbridge and a level crossing. The station is staffed.
  
  ## Platform
  
  | 1 | ■ Hokuriku Main Line | for Maibara and Kyoto |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Hokuriku Main Line | for Ōmi-Shiotsu, Tsuruga |
  
  ## Adjacent stations
  
  | « | Service | » |
  | - | - | - |
  | Hokuriku Main Line |||||
  | Special Rapid: Does not stop at this station |||||
  | Limited Express "Hida": Does not stop at this station |||||
  | Torahime | Local | Takatsuki |
  
  ## History
  
  The station opened on 10 March 1882 on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) Hokuriku Main Line, but was closed on May 1, 1886. The station reopened as a station on the Japan National Railway (JNR) on 1 August 1954. It came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on 1 April 1987 due to the privatization of Japan National Railway.
  
  Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Kawake being assigned station number JR-A07.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 528 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Odani Castle ruins
  * Yamamotoyama Castle ruins
  * Wakamiyayama Kofun
  * Nagahama City Office Kohoku Branch
  