Aizu-Wakamatsu Station

Aizu-Wakamatsu Station
会津若松駅

Aizu-Wakamatsu Station, platform 1
Location Ekimae-cho, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
（福島県会津若松市駅前町）
Japan
Operated by JR East
History
Opened 1899
Previous names Wakamatsu (until 1917)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013) 2,908 daily
Main Entrance
SL Banetsu Monogatari at Platform 2

Aizu-Wakamatsu Station (会津若松駅 Aizu-wakamatsu-eki) is a railway station in Aizuwakamatsu, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is the main station for Aizu-Wakamatsu and surrounding areas.

Lines

The following lines pass through or terminate at Aizu-Wakamatsu Station:

Station layout

In the forecourt of the station there is a bus terminal, taxi rank and car park. The station building, located on the eastern side of the tracks, contains a gift shop (including bento and souvenirs), travel agency (View Plaza), and Midori no Madoguchi ticket office. Aizu-Wakamatsu Station has five platforms. Platform 1 and 2 are bay platforms. Platform 1 is immediately inside the ticket gate and most trains to Koriyama depart from here. Moving westward there is a storage track then platforms 2 and 3. The tracks at platform 1 and 2 are a dead end and an overhead walkway at the end connects platforms 2/3 to platform 1 and the rest of the station. Platforms 4 and 5 are accessed via an overhead bridge.

Platforms

1 ■ Banetsu West Line for Bandaimachi, Inawashiro, and Koriyama
for Kitakata
2 ■ Banetsu West Line for Bandaimachi, Inawashiro, and Koriyama
for Kitakata, Tsugawa, Niitsu, and Niigata
3 ■ Banetsu West Line for Kitakata, Tsugawa, Niitsu, and Niigata
■ Tadami Line for Aizu-Bange, Tadami, and Koide
4 ■ Tadami Line for Aizu-Bange, Tadami, and Koide
5 ■ Aizu Line for Aizu-Tajima and Aizukōgen-Ozeguchi

Adjacent stations

Aizu Liner Rapid service, May 2010
«Service»
Banetsu West Line
Bandaimachi Rapid Aizu Liner Terminus
Bandaimachi Rapid Shiokawa
Hirota Rapid Terminus
Hirota Local Dōjima
Tadami Line
Terminus Local Nanukamachi
Aizu Railway Aizu Line
Shiokawa Rapid Nanukamachi
Terminus Local Nanukamachi

History

The station opened on July 15, 1899 as Wakamatsu Station of the Ganetsu Railway. On May 21, 1917, the station was renamed Aizu-Wakamatsu. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 2,908 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 3,595[2]
2005 2,996[3]
2010 2,766[4]
2013 2,908[1]

Webcam

There is a webcam installed by NTT East on the walkway between platforms 1 and 2/3. This gives a view of trains using platforms 1 and 2. The camera provides both video and sound using a 512 kbit/s stream.

Surrounding area

There is a freight depot located adjacent to the station.

Bus terminal

Highway buses

References

  1. 1 2 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  2. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  3. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  4. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "高速バス - 会津バス". www.aizubus.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-01-29.

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Coordinates: 37°30′30″N 139°55′48″E / 37.50833°N 139.93000°E / 37.50833; 139.93000

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