Tagokura Station

Tagokura Station
田子倉駅
Station structure and entrance, June 2010
Location
Prefecture Fukushima
(See other stations in Fukushima)
District Minamiaizu
Town Tadami
(in Japanese)福島県南会津郡只見町大字田子倉字後山
History
Year opened 1971
Year closed 2013
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Tadami Line
There are no bus services at this station

Tagokura Station (田子倉駅 Tagokura-eki) was an unstaffed railway station on the Tadami Line in Tadami, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It opened in 1971 and closed in March 2013.

Lines

Tagokura Station was served by the mostly single-track 135.2 km Tadami Line from Aizu-Wakamatsu in Fukushima Prefecture to Koide in Niigata Prefecture. Located between Tadami and Ōshirakawa, Tagokura is located 95.0 km from the line's starting point at Aizu-Wakamatsu.[1]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tadami Line
Tadami Local Ōshirakawa

History

Tagokura Station opened on 29 August 1971,[1] and was unstaffed from the start.[2]

From December 2001, the station was closed during the winter season between December and March.[2]

Heavy rain storms in July 2011 forced services on the section of the Tadami Line between Aizu-Kawaguchi and Ōshirakawa to be suspended, but the section between Tadami and Ōshirakawa, including Tagokura was reopened from 1 October 2012.[3]

From the start of the revised timetable on 16 March 2013, the station closed permanently, due to low passenger usage—being used on average by roughly one person per day.[4]

Surrounding area

View of the station from a distance across Lake Tagokura, June 2008

The station is located on National Route 252, beside Lake Tagokura. There are no shops or residences for miles beneath the station. The main users of the station were mountain climbers.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 125. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 田子倉駅３月中旬廃止　ＪＲ東方針　只見町「容認できず」 [JR East plans to close Tagokura Station in March - Unacceptable for town of Tadami]. Fukushima Minpo (in Japanese). Japan: Fukushima-Minpo Co., Ltd. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  3. ↑ ＪＲ只見線　全線早期再開は困難 [JR Tadami Line: Early reopening of the entire line difficult]. MSN Sankei News (in Japanese). Japan: The Sankei Shimbun & Sankei Digital. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  4. ↑ 只見線田子倉駅廃止について [Closure of Tagokura Station on the Tadami Line] (PDF). Press release (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company - Sendai Branch. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2013.

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Coordinates: 37°19′03″N 139°15′19″E / 37.3176°N 139.2552°E