Higashidate Station

Higashidate Station
東館駅
Higashidate Station in March 2008
Location Higashidate Ishida 32, Yamatsuri-machi, Higashishirakawa-gun, Fukushima-ken 963-5118
Japan
Coordinates 36°52′12″N 140°25′23″E / 36.8701°N 140.4231°E / 36.8701; 140.4231Coordinates: 36°52′12″N 140°25′23″E / 36.8701°N 140.4231°E / 36.8701; 140.4231
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■ Suigun Line
Distance 71.0 km from Mito
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Status Staffed
Website Official website
History
Opened April 16, 1930
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016) 　176 daily
Location
Higashidate Station
Location within Japan

Higashidate Station (東館駅, Higashidate-eki) is a railway station on the Suigun Line in the town of Yamatsuri, Fukushima, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Higashidate Station is served by the Suigun Line, and is located 71.0 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Mito. It is almost exactly halfway between Mito and the terminus of Kōriyama.

Station layout

Higashidate Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is attended.

Platforms

1 ■ Suigun Line for Mito
2 ■ Suigun Line Iwaki-Ishikawa and Kōriyama

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Suigun Line
Yamatsuriyama - Minami-Ishii

History

Higashidate Station opened on April 16, 1930. 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 2016, the station was used by an average of 176 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). [1]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

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