Namie Station
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Namie Station 浪江駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 Namie Station in March 2008 | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Jōban Line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 268.6 km from Nippori | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 23 August 1898 | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| FY2018 | 24 daily | ||||||||||||||
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Namie Station (浪江駅, Namie-eki) is a railway station 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 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]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 24 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
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| 2000 | 1,057[4] |
| 2005 | 904[5] |
| 2010 | 734[6] |
| 2015 | 0 (Services suspended) |
Surrounding area
- Namie Town Hall
- Namie Post Office
National Route 6
See also
References
- ^ "Photo Journal: All aboard". Mainichi Daily News. 1 April 2017.
- ^ "The JR Joban Line from Namie Station to Odaka Station has been reopened". Fukushima International Association. 8 April 2017.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)