Namie Station

Namie Station
浪江駅
Namie Station in March 2008
Location Gogendo Tsugoe 8, Namie-machi, Futaba-gun, Fukushima-ken 979-1521
Japan
Coordinates 37°29′32″N 140°59′23″E / 37.4921°N 140.9897°E / 37.4921; 140.9897Coordinates: 37°29′32″N 140°59′23″E / 37.4921°N 140.9897°E / 37.4921; 140.9897
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■ Joban Line
Distance 268.6 km from Nippori
Platforms 1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks 3
Other information
Status Staffed
Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1123
History
Opened 23 August 1898
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010) 734 daily
Location
Namie Station
Location within Japan

Namie Station (浪江駅, Namie-eki) is a railway station operated by East Japan Railway Company in the town of Namie, Fukushima, Japan. Due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, services were suspended from 11 March 2011 to 1 April 2017.

Lines

Namie Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 268.6 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori.

Station layout

Namie Station has a side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1 ■ Jōban Line for (not in use)
2 ■ Jōban Line for Haranomachi, Soma, and Sendai
3 ■ Jōban Line for Haranomachi, Odaka, and Tomioka (bus service)

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Joban Line
Futaba (suspended) Local Momouchi

History

Namie Station was opened on 23 August 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. Services between Namie and Odaka resumed on 1 April 2017 [1]. Services between Namie and Tomioka remain suspended until at least the year 2020.[2]

Surrounding area

See also

References

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