Nakayamajuku Station

Nakayamajuku Station
中山宿駅
Nakayamajuku Station, September 2006
Location
Prefecture Fukushima
(See other stations in Fukushima)
City Kōriyama
Neighborhood etc. Atami-cho Nakayama Waseda
(in Japanese)福島県郡山市熱海町中山字早稲田
History
Year opened 1899
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Ban'etsu West Line
Statistics 11 passengers/day (FY 2004)

Nakayamajuku Station (中山宿駅 Nakayamajuku-eki) is a railway station on the Ban'etsu West Line in Kōriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Nakayamajuku Station is served by the Ban'etsu West Line, and is located 20.8 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Kōriyama Station.

Station layout

Nakayamajuku Station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. There is no station building, but only a small shelter on the platform. The station is unattended. There was a switchback at this station before 1997. Since then the station platform was relocated and the switchback was demolished due to tunnel construction.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Ban'etsu West Line
Aizu Liner: no stop
Rapid: no stop
Bandai-Atami Local Jōko

History

Nakayamajuku Station opened on July 26, 1898 as a provisional stop, and was officially made a station on March 10, 1899. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

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Coordinates: 37°29′44″N 140°13′10″E / 37.4955°N 140.2195°E