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Shiokawa Station

Coordinates: 37°35′38″N 139°53′14″E / 37.5940°N 139.8871°E / 37.5940; 139.8871
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Shiokawa Station

塩川駅
Shiokawa Station, May 2011
General information
Location851-2 Ishibashi, Shiokawa-machi, Kitakata, Fukushima
(福島県喜多方市塩川町字石橋851-2)
Japan
Operated byJR East
Line(s)Ban'etsu West Line
History
Opened1904
Passengers
FY 2013307 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Kitakata
Terminus
Ban'etsu West Line
Rapid
Aizu-Wakamatsu
towards Kōriyama
Kitakata
towards Niitsu
Ban'etsu West Line
Rapid Agano
Aizu-Wakamatsu
Terminus
Ubadō
towards Niitsu
Ban'etsu West Line
Local
Oikawa
towards Kōriyama

Shiokawa Station (塩川駅, Shiokawa-eki) is a railway station on the Ban'etsu West Line in Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

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Shiokawa Station is served by the Ban'etsu West Line, and is located 75.1 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Kōriyama Station.

Station layout

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Shiokawa Station has a single island platform and a single side platform connected to the station building by an overhead passageway.

Platforms

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1  Ban'etsu West Line for Aizu-Wakamatsu and Kōriyama
2  Ban'etsu West Line for Kitakata, Nozawa and Niitsu
3  Ban'etsu West Line for Kitakata (once per day)


History

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Shiokawa Station opened on January 20, 1904. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

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37°35′38″N 139°53′14″E / 37.5940°N 139.8871°E / 37.5940; 139.8871