Yotsukura Station

Yotsukura Station
四ツ倉駅
Yotsukura Station, April 2011
Location
Prefecture Fukushima
(See other stations in Fukushima)
City Iwaki
Neighborhood etc. Yotsukura
(in Japanese)福島県いわき市四倉町
History
Year opened 1897
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Jōban Line
Statistics 696 passengers/day (FY2013)

Yotsukura Station (四ツ倉駅 Yotsukura eki) is a JR East railway station located in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Yotsukura Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 219.2 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout

Yotsukura Station two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by an overhead passageway.

Platforms

1 Jōban Line for Iwaki and Mito
2 Jōban Line for Hisanohama and Tatsuta

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Joban Line
Rapid: no stop
Kusano   Local   Hisanohama

History

Yotsukura Station opened on August 29, 1897. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.Services were suspended from March 11 to April 17, 2011, following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Surrounding area

External links

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Coordinates: 37°06′09″N 140°58′49″E / 37.1025°N 140.9803°E