Okkawa Station

CE06 Okkawa Station 乙川駅
Okkawa Station in June 2018
General information
Location	Okkawa-cho 112-banchi, Handa-shi, Aichi-ken, 475-0054 Japan
Coordinates	34°54′12″N 136°56′29″E / 34.9032°N 136.9415°E / 34.9032; 136.9415
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Taketoyo Line
Distance	12.8 kilometers from Ōbu
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	CE06
History
Opened	December 7, 1933
Passengers
FY2018	1178 daily
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Okkawa Station (乙川駅, Okkawa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Handa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).

Okkawa Station is served by the Taketoyo Line, and is located 12.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ōbu Station.

The station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and is unattended.

Okkawa Station opened on December 7, 1933, as a passenger station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). Freight operations commenced from April 1, 1944.^{[citation needed]} The JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. Freight operations were discontinued from November 15, 1975. With the privatization and dissolution of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR Central. The station building was rebuilt in March 2006.^[1] Automatic turnstiles were installed in May 1992, and the TOICA system of magnetic fare cards was implemented in November 2006.

Station numbering was introduced to the Taketoyo Line in March 2018; Okkawa Station was assigned station number CE06.^[2][3]

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1178 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[4]

• Okkawa Elementary School
• Okkawa Jinjal

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

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