Hirono Station (広野駅, Hirono eki) is a railway station in the town of Hirono, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Hirono Station 広野駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Station building in August 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Shimoasamigawa, Hirono-machi, Futaba-gun, Fukushima-ken 979-0403 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°12′44″N 140°59′57″E / 37.21222°N 140.99917°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Jōban Line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 227.6 km from Nippori | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1 island platform, 1 side platform) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 23 August 1898 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 438 daily | |||||||||||||||
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Lines
editHirono Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 232.4 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori.[1] However, due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, operations were halted. Operations south of the station were resumed on June 1, 2014, however operations north past Tomioka Station remained suspended until 2017.[2]
Station layout
editThe station has one island platform and one side platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station became Unstaffed in October 2021.[1]
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Jōban Line | for Tomioka, Namie, Haranomachi, Soma and Sendai |
| 2 | ■ Jōban Line | for Iwaki and Mito (starting trains) |
| 3 | ■ Jōban Line | for Iwaki, Takahagi, Hitachi, Mito, Tomobe and Tsuchiura |
History
editHirono Station opened on August 23, 1898. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.[1] On March 11, 2011, the station closed following the Great East Japan earthquake and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Services south were resumed on October 10, 2011. On June 1, 2014, the station resumed operations as far as Tatsuta Station to the north. This was extended as far as Tomioka Station on October 21, 2017 and the complete line was reopened on March 14, 2020.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 402 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
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Station building in March 2008
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Surrounding area
edit- Hirono Post Office
National Route 6
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c 郡山駅・会津若松駅・三春駅ほか (Koriyama Station, Aizu-Wakamatsu Station, Miharu Station, etc). 週刊 JR全駅・全車両基地 (in Japanese). Vol. 50. Asahi Newspaper Publishing. 2013-08-04. p. 20. ASIN B00DNBCZL0.
- ^ "常磐線 福島・竜田まで再開 列車到着を駅挙げ歓迎". Tokyo Shimbun. June 3, 2014. Archived from the original on June 8, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (20186年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
External links
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- Official website (in Japanese)