Nishi-Wakamatsu Station

Nishi-Wakamatsu Station
西若松駅
Nishi-Wakamatsu Station in August 2006
Location
Prefecture Fukushima
(See other stations in Fukushima)
City Aizuwakamatsu
Neighborhood etc. 1-4-1 Zaimoku-cho
Postal code965-0853
(in Japanese)福島県会津若松市材木町一丁目4-1
History
Year opened 1934
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Aizu Railway
Line(s) Tadami Line
Aizu Line

Nishi-Wakamatsu Station (西若松駅 Nishi-Wakamatsu-eki) is a railway station on the Tadami Line in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Nishi-Wakamatsu Station is located southwest of the center of Aizuwakamatsu.

Lines

Nishi-Wakamatsu Station is served by the Tadami Line, and is located 3.1 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Aizu-Wakamatsu Station. It is also served by the Aizu Railway Aizu Line, of which it is the official terminus; however, most Aizu Line trains continue to Aizu-Wakamatsu Station.

Station layout

Nishi-Wakamatsu Station has a single side platform and a single island platform connected by an overhead passage.

Platforms

1 Tadami Line for Aizu-Wakamatsu (once per day)
2 Tadami Line for Aizuwakamatsu
for Aizu-Bange, Aizu-Miyashita and Tadami
3 Aizu Line for Aizuwakamatsu
for Yunokami-Onsen, Aizu-Tajima and Aizukōgen-Ozeguchi

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tadami Line
Nanukamachi - Aizu-Hongō
Aizu Railway Aizu Line
Nanukamachi Rapid Ashinomaki-Onsen
Nanukamachi Rapid Minami-Wakamatsu
Terminus Open-car "torokko" Ashinomaki-Onsen
Nanukamachi Local Minami-Wakamatsu

History

Nishi-Wakamatsu Station opened on October 15, 1926. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed September 28, 2005.

Surrounding area

External links

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Coordinates: 37°29′09″N 139°54′51″E / 37.4858°N 139.9143°E