Iwaki-Tanakura Station
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Iwaki-Tanakura Station 磐城棚倉駅 | |||||||||||
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 Iwaki-Tanakura Station in March 2007 | |||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Suigun Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 90.5 km from Mito | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | November 29, 1916 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2018 | 166 daily | ||||||||||
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Iwaki-Tanakura Station (磐城棚倉駅, Iwaki-Tanakura-eki) is a railway station in the town of Tanagura, Fukushima, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]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
[edit]The station has one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Suigun Line | for Iwaki-Ishikawa and Kōriyama |
| 2 | ■ Suigun Line | Mito |
History
[edit]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 suspension of service as Hakuhō Line 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.
Bus routes
[edit]- JR BUS KANTO Hakuhō Line
- For Shin-Shirakawa Station via Shirakawa Station
- For Sobo'oka
- Fukushima Transportation
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 166 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Tanagura Town Hall
- Tanagura Post Office
- site of Tanagura Castle
National Route 118
National Route 289
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
External links
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Media related to Iwaki-Tanakura Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)