Uchigō Station
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Uchigō Station 内郷駅 | |||||||||||
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 Uchigō Station in March 2015 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 12 Enokishita, Uchigōtsuzura-cho, Iwaki-shi, Fukushima-ken 973-8403 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°02′09″N 140°51′18″E / 37.0357°N 140.8549°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Jōban Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 205.0 km from Nippori | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 February 1897 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Tsuzura (until 1956) | ||||||||||
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| FY2018 | 1,017 daily | ||||||||||
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  Uchigō Station Location within Fukushima Prefecture  Uchigō Station Uchigō Station (Japan) | |||||||||||
Uchigō Station (内郷駅, Uchigō-eki) is a railway station on the Joban Line in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines[edit]
Uchigō Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 205.0 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori.
Station layout[edit]
Uchigō Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Platforms[edit]
| 1 | ■ Joban Line | for Isohara, Takahagi, Hitachi, Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Ishioka and Tsuchiura |
| 2 | ■ Jōban Line | for Iwaki, Hirono, Tomioka, Namie, Haranomachi, Soma and Sendai |
History[edit]
The station opened as Tsuzura Station (綴駅) on 25 February 1897. It was renamed Uchigō Station on 20 December 1956. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. A new station building was completed in November 2014.[citation needed]
Passenger statistics[edit]
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1017 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area[edit]
- Shiramizu Amidadō
- Ruins of the Mirokuzawa coal mine
- Uchigō Post Office
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Japanese)
References[edit]
- ^ 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.