Iwaki Station (Fukushima)

Iwaki Station いわき駅
Iwaki Station south entrance, May 2010
Location	1 Tamachi, Taira, Iwaki, Fukushima （福島県いわき市平字田町1） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Jōban Line, Banetsu East Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1897
Previous names	Taira (until 1994)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	6136 daily

Iwaki Station (いわき駅, Iwaki-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Iwaki Station is served by both the Jōban Line and the Banetsu East Line. It and is located 209.4 km from the official starting point of the Jōban Line at Nippori Station. After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March 2011, Iwaki Station has become the northern terminus for limited express train services on the line. The station is also a terminus of the Banetsu East Line.

Station layout

Iwaki Station is an elevated station with three opposed island platforms. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Iwaki Station was opened on 25 February 1897 as Taira Station (平駅, Taira-eki). On 10 October 1917 the Banetsu East Line was extended from to Kōriyama. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. It was renamed to its present name on 3 December 1994. A new station building was completed on 19 June 2009.

Surrounding area

Panorama view of the south side of the station

• Iwaki City Hall
• Iwakidaira Castle ruins
• Iinodaira Castle ruins
• Iino Hachimangu
• Matsugaoka Park

Gallery

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  Escalators leading to the entrance of Iwaki Station
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  Iwaki station passageway
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  Iwaki Station
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  View of Iwaki Station from LATOV shopping plaza

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Iwaki Station.

• Station information JR East Station Information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 37°03′29″N 140°53′32″E / 37.058175°N 140.892131°E / 37.058175; 140.892131