Shiokawa Station

Shiokawa Station 塩川駅
Shiokawa Station, May 2011
General information
Location	851-2 Ishibashi, Shiokawa-machi, Kitakata, Fukushima （福島県喜多方市塩川町字石橋851-2） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ban'etsu West Line
History
Opened	1904
Passengers
FY 2013	307 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Kitakata Terminus Ban'etsu West Line Rapid Aizu-Wakamatsu towards Kōriyama Kitakata towards Niitsu Ban'etsu West Line Rapid Agano Aizu-Wakamatsu Terminus Ubadō towards Niitsu Ban'etsu West Line Local Oikawa towards Kōriyama

Shiokawa Station (塩川駅, Shiokawa-eki) is a railway station on the Ban'etsu West Line in Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Shiokawa Station is served by the Ban'etsu West Line, and is located 75.1 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Kōriyama Station.

Station layout

Shiokawa Station has a single island platform and a single side platform connected to the station building by an overhead passageway.

Platforms

1	■ Ban'etsu West Line	for Aizu-Wakamatsu and Kōriyama
2	■ Ban'etsu West Line	for Kitakata, Nozawa and Niitsu

3

■ Ban'etsu West Line

for Kitakata (once per day)

History

Shiokawa Station opened on January 20, 1904. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

• former Shiokawa Town Hall
• Japan National Route 121
• Shiokawa Post Office

External links

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)

37.5940°N 139.8871°E / 37.5940; 139.8871