Kawato

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Kawato Station opened on 2 February 1930 with the inauguration of the Taisha Line in what is now the city of Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. Operated by the private Ichibata Electric Railway, it serves as the junction between the Kita-Matsue Line and the 8.3-kilometre Taisha Line to Izumo Taisha-mae, and every service on either line stops here. The original wooden station building, dating from 1927, was replaced in 1995 to coincide with the opening of the nearby Shimane Prefectural College of Nursing. The station consists of two staffed island platforms connected by level crossings, with timetables aligned so trains on both lines meet here simultaneously.

The station's four track numbers are assigned 4-1-2-3 outward from the station building — an unusual, irregular arrangement.