Iwaki-Tanakura Station

Iwaki-Tanakura Station
磐城棚倉駅

Iwaki-Tanakura Station in March 2007
Location Tanagura Kitamachi 56, Tanagura, Higashishirakawa, Fukushima
(福島県東白川郡棚倉町大字棚倉字北町56)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Suigun Line
History
Opened 1916
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)  184 daily

Iwaki-Tanakura Station (磐城棚倉駅 Iwaki-Tanakura-eki) is a railway station on the Suigun Line in Tanagura, Fukushima, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

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.

Station layout

Iwaki-Tanakura Station has a single island platform connected to the station building by an overhead passage. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1  Suigun Line for Iwaki-Ishikawa and Kōriyama
2  Suigun Line Mito

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Suigun Line
Nakatoyo - Iwaki-Asakawa

History

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 discontinued 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.

Surrounding area

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Coordinates: 37°02′07″N 140°23′04″E / 37.0354°N 140.3845°E / 37.0354; 140.3845

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