History
Kawake Station was first opened on 10 March 1882 by the Japanese Government Railway on the Hokuriku Main Line but closed on 1 May 1886. It reopened on 1 August 1954 as a passenger-only Japanese National Railways station. With JNR's privatization on 1 April 1987 it passed to JR West. The line section through here was electrified at DC on 14 September 1991, after which the platforms were extended 15 metres for three-car operation and all local trains began stopping. ICOCA service and new-rapid trains arrived on 21 October 2006 with the Tsuruga - Nagahama DC electrification. Station numbering JR-A07 was introduced on 17 March 2018, and season-ticket sales at the window ended on 30 September 2021.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Despite serving an area whose adjacent attractions include the ruined Odani Castle of the Azai clan, the station has no overhead bridge or in-platform crossing — passengers wanting to change platforms must exit the gates and re-enter.