Hirono Station (Fukushima)

Hirono Station
広野駅
Station building, March 2008
Location Shimoasamigawa, Hirono-machi, Futaba-gun, Fukushima-ken 979-0403
Japan
Coordinates 37°12′44″N 140°59′57″E / 37.21222°N 140.99917°E / 37.21222; 140.99917Coordinates: 37°12′44″N 140°59′57″E / 37.21222°N 140.99917°E / 37.21222; 140.99917
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■ Jōban Line
Distance 227.6 km from Nippori
Platforms 1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks 3
Other information
Status Staffed
Website Official website
History
Opened August 23, 1898
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016) 351 daily
Location
Hirono Station
Location within Japan

Hirono Station (広野駅, Hirono eki) is a railway station on the Jōban Line in the town of Hirono, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Hirono Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 232.4 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori.[1] However, due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, operations were halted. Operations south of the station were resumed on June 1, 2014, however operations north past Tomioka Station remain suspended indefinitely.[2]

Station layout

Hirono Station has one island platform and one side platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.[1]

Platforms

1 ■ Jōban Line for Tomioka
2 ■ Jōban Line for Iwaki and Mito (starting trains)
3 ■ Jōban Line for Iwaki and Mito

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Jōban Line
Suetsugi Local Kido

History

Hirono Station opened on August 23, 1898. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.[1] On March 11, 2011, the station closed following the Great East Japan earthquake and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. On June 1, 2014, the station resumed operations to the south, but only as far as Tomioka Station to the north.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 351 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 郡山駅・会津若松駅・三春駅ほか (Koriyama Station, Aizu-Wakamatsu Station, Miharu Station, etc). 週刊 JR全駅・全車両基地 (in Japanese). 50. Asahi Newspaper Publishing. 2013-08-04. p. 20. ASIN B00DNBCZL0.
  2. ↑ "常磐線　福島・竜田まで再開　列車到着を駅挙げ歓迎". Tokyo Shimbun. June 3, 2014. Archived from the original on June 8, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  3. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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