Yotsukura Station (四ツ倉駅, Yotsukura eki) is a railway station in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Yotsukura Station 四ツ倉駅 | |||||||||||
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![]() Yotsukura Station, April 2011 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Yotsukura, Iwaki-shi, Fukushima-ken 979-0201 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°06′09″N 140°58′49″E / 37.1025°N 140.9803°E | ||||||||||
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Line(s) | ■ Jōban Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 219.2 km from Nippori | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 32 | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | August 29, 1897 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2018 | 610 daily | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Lines
editYotsukura Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 219.2 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori.[1]
Station layout
editThe station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.[1]
Platforms
edit1 | ■ Jōban Line | for Iwaki , Katsuta, Mito, Ishioka and Tsuchiura |
2 | ■ Jōban Line | for Hisanohama, Hirono, Tomioka, Namie and Haranomachi |
History
editYotsukura Station opened on August 29, 1897. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.[1] Services were suspended from March 11 to April 17, 2011, following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 610 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
Surrounding area
edit- Kusano Post Office
- National Route 6
See also
editExternal links
edit- Official website (in Japanese)
References
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.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.