Namie Station

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.

Namie Station

浪江駅
Namie Station in March 2008
LocationGogendo Tsugoe 8, Namie-machi, Futaba-gun, Fukushima-ken 979-1521
Japan
Coordinates37.4921°N 140.9897°E / 37.4921; 140.9897
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Joban Line
Distance268.6 km from Nippori
Platforms1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks3
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened23 August 1898
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010)734 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Futaba
toward Shinagawa
 Hitachi Haranomachi
toward Sendai
Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
 Momouchi
toward Sendai
Location
Namie Station
Location within Japan

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 Tomioka, Iwaki, Isohara, Takahagi, Hitachi, Katsuta, Mito, Ishioka and Tsuchiura
2 ■ Jōban Line for Haranomachi, Soma and Sendai
3 ■ Jōban Line for Haranomachi

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 reopened in March 2020.[2]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  1. "Photo Journal: All aboard". Mainichi Daily News. 1 April 2017.
  2. "The JR Joban Line from Namie Station to Odaka Station has been reopened". Fukushima International Association. 8 April 2017.
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