Odaka Station
Odaka Station 小高駅 | |||||||||||
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 Odaka Station in July 2022 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1-140 Higashimachi, Odaka-ku, Minamisōma-shi, Fukushima-ken 979-2121 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°33′47″N 140°59′46″E / 37.5630°N 140.9962°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Jōban Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 277.5 km from Nippori | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 11 May 1898 | ||||||||||
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| FY2018 | 493 daily | ||||||||||
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  Odaka Station Location within Fukushima Prefecture  Odaka Station Odaka Station (Japan) | |||||||||||
Odaka Station (小高駅, Odaka-eki) is a railway station in the city of Minamisōma, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines[edit]
Odaka Station is served by the Joban Line, and is located 277.5 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori in Tokyo.
Station layout[edit]
The station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is Unstaffed. It became an unstaffed station from March 14, 2020.
Platforms[edit]
| 1 | ■ Jōban Line | for Haranomachi, Soma and Sendai |
| 2 | ■ Jōban Line | for Namie, Tomioka, Iwaki, Takahagi, Hitachi and Mito |
History[edit]
Odaka Station opened on 11 May 1898. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The station was closed on 11 March 2011 following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. The station reopened on 12 July 2016 with the reopening of the section of the Joban Line between Odaka and Haranomachi.[1] The section southward to Namie was scheduled to reopen in spring 2017,[1] and resumed services on 1 April 2017.[2]
Passenger statistics[edit]
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 493 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area[edit]
- Former Odata Town Hall
- Odaka Post Office
National Route 6
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b JR東日本、常磐線小高～原ノ町間は7月12日再開…避難指示解除受け [JR East to reopen Joban Line between Odaka and Harunomachi from 12 July]. Response (in Japanese). Japan: IID. Co. 1 June 2016. Archived from the original on 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ^ "Photo Journal: All aboard". Mainichi Daily News. April 2017.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Japanese)