Iwaki-Tanakura Station

Iwaki-Tanakura Station
磐城棚倉駅
Iwaki-Tanakura Station in March 2007
Location Tanagura Kitamachi 56, Tanagura-machi, Higashishirakawa-gun, Fukushima-ken 963-6131
Japan
Coordinates 37°02′07″N 140°23′04″E / 37.0354°N 140.3845°E / 37.0354; 140.3845Coordinates: 37°02′07″N 140°23′04″E / 37.0354°N 140.3845°E / 37.0354; 140.3845
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■ Suigun Line
Distance 90.5 km from Mito
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Status Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website Official website
History
Opened November 29, 1916
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016) 　208 daily
Location
Iwaki-Tanakura Station
Location within Japan

Iwaki-Tanakura Station (磐城棚倉駅, Iwaki-Tanakura-eki) is a railway station on the Suigun Line in the town of Tanagura, Fukushima, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Iwaki-Tanakura Station is served by the Suigun Line, and is located 90.5 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Mito.

Station layout

Iwaki-Tanakura Station has one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Suigun Line
Nakatoyo - Iwaki-Asakawa

History

Iwaki-Tanakura Station opened on November 29, 1916 as a station on the Hakuho Raukway. The Japan Government Railway’s Suigun Line connected to the station on November 11, 1932, and the Hakuho Railway was nationalized on May 1, 1941, and discontinued on December 11, 1944. 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 208 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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