Iwaki Station (Fukushima)

Iwaki Station
いわき駅
Iwaki Station south entrance, May 2010
Location
Prefecture Fukushima
(See other stations in Fukushima)
City Iwaki
Neighborhood etc. 1 Tamachi, Taira
Postal code970-8026
(in Japanese)福島県いわき市平字田町1
History
Year opened 1897
Former name Taira Station
Present name since 1994
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Jōban Line, Banetsu East Line
Statistics 6136 passengers/day (FY2013)
Large bus terminal(s) attached to the station

Iwaki Station (いわき駅 Iwaki-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Iwaki Station is served by both the Jōban Line and the Banetsu East Line. It and is located 209.4 km from the official starting point of the Jōban Line at Nippori Station. After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March 2011, Iwaki Station has become the northern terminus for limited express train services on the line. The station is also a terminus of the Banetsu East Line.

Station layout

Iwaki Station is an elevated station with three opposed island platforms. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1, 2 ■Jōban Line for Mito
3, 4 ■Jōban Line for Hisanohama and Tatsuta
5 ■Jōban Line for Hisanohama and Tatsuta
for Mito
6 ■Banetsu East Line for Ogawagō and Sendai

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Ban'etsu East Line
Uchigō   Local   Akai
Joban Line
Uchigō   Local   Kusano

History

Iwaki Station was opened on 25 February 1897 as Taira Station (平駅 Taira-eki). On 10 October 1917 the Banetsu East Line was extended from to Kōriyama. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. It was renamed to its present name on 3 December 1994. A new station building was completed on 19 June 2009.

Surrounding area

Panorama view of the south side of the station

Gallery

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Iwaki Station.

Coordinates: 37°03′29″N 140°53′32″E / 37.058175°N 140.892131°E