Iwaki-Ōta Station

Iwaki-Ōta Station
磐城太田駅
Iwaki-Ōta Station in July 2016
Location 1145 Kaneishin, Taka, Haramachi-ku, Minamisōma-shi, Fukushima-ken 975-0054
Japan
Coordinates Coordinates: 37°36′18″N 140°59′30″E / 37.6051°N 140.9916°E / 37.6051; 140.9916
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■ Joban Line
Distance 282.4 km from Nippori
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=170
History
Opened 11 May 1898
Previous names Taka (until December 1898)
Location
Iwaki-Ōta Station
Location within Japan

Iwaki-Ōta Station (磐城太田駅, Iwaki-Ōta-eki) is a railway station on the Joban Line in the city of Minamisōma, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Operations of the station were suspended in March 2011 following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, with services partially resuming in July 2016.

Lines

Iwaki-Ōta Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 282.4 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori in Tokyo.

Station layout

Iwaki-Ōta Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1 ■ Jōban Line for Haranomachi and Sendai
2 ■ Jōban Line for Namie

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Joban Line
Odaka Local Haranomachi

History

The station opened on 11 May 1898 as Taka Station (高駅). It was renamed Iwaki-Ota on 1 December 1898. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The station was closed on 11 March 2011 following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. The station reopened on 12 July 2016 with the reopening of the section of the Joban Line between Odaka and Haranomachi.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ JR東日本、常磐線小高～原ノ町間は7月12日再開…避難指示解除受け [JR East to reopen Joban Line between Odaka and Harunomachi from 12 July]. Response (in Japanese). Japan: IID. Co. 1 June 2016. Archived from the original on 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
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