Iwaki-Tanakura Station

Iwaki-Tanakura Station 磐城棚倉駅
Iwaki-Tanakura Station in March 2007
General information
Location	Tanagura Kitamachi 56, Tanagura-machi, Higashishirakawa-gun, Fukushima-ken 963-6131 Japan
Coordinates	37.0354°N 140.3845°E / 37.0354; 140.3845
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Suigun Line
Distance	90.5 km from Mito
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	November 29, 1916
Passengers
FY2018	166 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Nakatoyo towards Mito Suigun Line Iwaki-Asakawa towards Kōriyama
Location Iwaki-Tanakura Station Location within Fukushima Prefecture Show map of Fukushima Prefecture Iwaki-Tanakura Station Iwaki-Tanakura Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Iwaki-Tanakura Station (磐城棚倉駅, Iwaki-Tanakura-eki) is a railway station in the town of 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 layout

The station has one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

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

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 suspension of service as Hakuhō Line 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.

Bus routes

• JR BUS KANTO Hakuhō Line
  • For Shin-Shirakawa Station via Shirakawa Station
  • For Sobo'oka
• Fukushima Transportation
  • For Higashidate Station via Iwaki-Hanawa Station
  • For Iwaki-Ishikawa Station

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 166 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

• Tanagura Town Hall
• Tanagura Post Office
• site of Tanagura Castle
• National Route 118
• National Route 289

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

External links

Media related to Iwaki-Tanakura Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)